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Lexicon :: Strong's G2228 - ē

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ἤ
Transliteration
ē (Key)
Pronunciation
ay
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
mGNT
343x in 2 unique form(s) TR
357x in 6 unique form(s) LXX
775x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἤ ḗ, ay; a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:—and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially G2235, G2260, G2273.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 357x

The KJV translates Strong's G2228 in the following manner: or (260x), than (38x), either (8x), or else (5x), nor (5x), not translated (21x), miscellaneous (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 357x
The KJV translates Strong's G2228 in the following manner: or (260x), than (38x), either (8x), or else (5x), nor (5x), not translated (21x), miscellaneous (20x).

  1. either, or, than

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἤ ḗ, ay; a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:—and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially G2235, G2260, G2273.
STRONGS G2228:
ἤ, a disjunctive conjunction (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 6). Used
1. to distinguish things or thoughts which either mutually exclude each other, or one of which can take the place of the other: or (Latin aut, vel);
a. to distinguish one thing from another in words of the same construction: Matthew 5:17 (τόν νόμον ἤ τούς προφήτας), Matthew 5:36 (λευκήν ἤ μέλαιναν); Matthew 6:31; Matthew 7:16; Mark 6:56; Mark 7:11; Luke 2:24; Luke 9:25; John 7:48; John 13:29; Acts 1:7; Acts 3:12; Acts 4:7; Romans 1:21; Romans 3:1; 1 Corinthians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 10:19; Galatians 1:10, etc.
b. after an interrogative or a declarative sentence, before a question designed to prove the same thing in another way: Matthew 7:4, 9; Matthew 12:29; Matthew 16:26; Matthew 26:53; Mark 8:37; Luke 13:4; Luke 14:31; Luke 15:8; Romans 9:21; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 6:16.
c. before a sentence contrary to the one just preceding, to indicate that if one be denied or refuted the other must stand: Matthew 20:15 (i. e. or, if thou wilt not grant this, is thine eye etc.); Romans 3:29; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Corinthians 11:14 (Rec.); 1 Corinthians 14:36; 2 Corinthians 11:7; ἤ ἀγνοεῖτε etc., Romans 6:3; Romans 7:1 (cf. Romans 6:14); ἤ οὐκ ὀικατε etc., Romans 11:2; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 16, 19.
d. ἤ... ἤ, either... or, Matthew 6:24; Matthew 12:33; Luke 16:13; Acts 24:20; 1 Corinthians 14:6.
2. in a disjunctive question it corresponds to the Latin an after utrum;
a. preceded by πότερον, John 7:17; cf. Klotz ad Dev. 2:2, p. 574f; preceded by the interrogative μή, 1 Corinthians 9:8; preceded by μήτι, 2 Corinthians 1:17.
b. without an intertog. particle in the first member of the interrogation: τί ἐστι εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν... ἤ εἰπεῖν, Matthew 9:5; Mark 2:9; Luke 5:23; add, Matthew 21:25; Matthew 23:17, 19; Matthew 27:17; Mark 3:4; Luke 7:19; Acts 8:34.
c. ἤ... ἤ... ἤ, Mark 13:35.
3. as a comparative conjunction, than;
a. after comparatives: Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22; Luke 9:13; Luke 16:17; John 3:19; John 4:1 (Tr marginal reading omits; WH brackets ἤ); Acts 4:19; Romans 13:11, and often. ἤ is lacking after πλείους followed by a noun of number: Matthew 26:53 T Tr WH; Acts 4:22; Acts 23:13, 21; Acts 24:11 (where Rec. adds ἤ); cf. Matthiae, § 455 note 4; Kühner, ii., p. 847; (Jelf, § 780 Obs. 1); Winers Grammar, 595 (554); (Buttmann, 168 (146)); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 410f.
b. after ἕτερον: Acts 17:21.
c. πρίν ἤ, before that, before, followed by accusative with an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 35; Winer's Grammar, § 44, 6, also, p. 297 (279)): Matthew 1:18; Mark 14:30; Acts 2:20 R G WH marginal reading; Acts 7:2; followed by the aorist subjunc, Luke 2:26 Tr text omits; WH brackets ἤ; Luke 22:34 R G (others ἕως); followed by present optative, Acts 25:16.
d. after θέλω equivalent to to prefer: 1 Corinthians 14:19 (followed by ἤπερ, 2 Macc. 14:42); examples from Greek authors are given in Klotz ad Devar. 2:2, p. 589f; Winers Grammar, § 35, 2 c.; (Buttmann, § 149, 7); Kühner, ii., p. 841; (Jelf, § 779 Obs. 3).
e. after οὐ: John 13:10 R G, where after οὐ χρείαν ἔχει the sentence goes on as though the writer had said οὐκ ἄλλου τίνος χρείαν ἔχει, (cf. Winers Grammar, 508 (478)).
f. after positive notions, to which in this way a comparative force is given: after καλόν ἐστι (it is good... rather than) equivalent to it is better, Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43, 45, 47; cf. Menander's saying καλόν τό μή ζῆν, ἤ ζῆν ἀθλιως, and Plautus rud. 4, 4, 70 tacita mulier est bona semper, quam loquens; similar examples in the O. T. are Genesis 49:12; Psalm 117:8 (Ps. 118:8); Jonah 4:3, 8; Tobit 6:13 Tobit 12:8; Sir. 20:25 Sir. 22:15; 4 Macc. 9:1; also after λυσιτελεῖ (it is gain... rather than) equivalent to it is better (Tobit 3:6), Luke 17:2; after χαρά ἐστι (there will be joy... more than), Luke 15:7; see examples from Greek authors in Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 149, 7; (Buttmann, p. 360 (309)); Winer, Kühner, others, as above.
4. with other particles;
a. ἀλλ' ἤ, see ἀλλά, I. 10, p. 28a.
b. ἤ γάρ, see γάρ, I. at the end
c. ἤ καί (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 6 note),
α. or even, or also (Latin aut etiam, vel etiam): (Matthew 7:10 L T Tr WH); Luke 11:11 G L T Tr WH; Luke 11:12; Luke 18:11; Romans 2:15; 1 Corinthians 16:6; 2 Corinthians 1:13.
β. or also (Latin an etiam) (in a disjunctive question): Luke 12:41; Romans 4:9.
d. ἤπερ, than at all (Latin quam forte; German als etwa), after a comparitive (cf. Jelf, § 779 Obs. 5): John 12:43 (L ἤ περ, WH marginal reading ὑπέρ) (2 Macc. 14:42; Homer, Hesiod).
e. ἤτοι... ἤ, either indeed (cf. Kühner, § 540, 5)... or: Romans 6:16 (Wis. 11:19; Herodotus and following).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
49:12
Psalms
118:8
Jonah
4:3; 4:8
Matthew
1:18; 5:17; 5:36; 6:24; 6:31; 7:4; 7:9; 7:10; 7:16; 9:5; 10:15; 11:22; 12:29; 12:33; 16:26; 18:8; 20:15; 21:25; 23:17; 23:19; 26:53; 26:53; 27:17
Mark
2:9; 3:4; 6:56; 7:11; 8:37; 9:43; 9:45; 9:47; 13:35; 14:30
Luke
2:24; 2:26; 5:23; 7:19; 9:13; 9:25; 11:11; 11:12; 12:41; 13:4; 14:31; 15:7; 15:8; 16:13; 16:17; 17:2; 18:11; 22:34
John
3:19; 4:1; 7:17; 7:48; 12:43; 13:10; 13:29
Acts
1:7; 2:20; 3:12; 4:7; 4:19; 4:22; 7:2; 8:34; 17:21; 23:13; 23:21; 24:11; 24:20; 25:16
Romans
1:21; 2:15; 3:1; 3:29; 4:9; 6:3; 6:14; 6:16; 7:1; 9:21; 11:2; 13:11; 14:10
1 Corinthians
4:3; 5:10; 6:9; 6:16; 6:16; 6:19; 9:6; 9:8; 10:19; 10:22; 11:14; 14:6; 14:19; 14:36; 16:6
2 Corinthians
1:13; 1:17; 11:7
Galatians
1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2228 matches the Greek ἤ (ē),
which occurs 357 times in 283 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 2 / 6 (Mar 3:33–Luk 17:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:33 - And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or G2228 my brethren?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or G2228 persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:21 - And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or G2228 under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or G2228 with what comparison shall we compare it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:11 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and G2228 Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than G2228 for that city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or G2228 as one of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or G2228 cities, or G2228 country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:10 - For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or G2228 mother, let him die the death:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or G2228 mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:12 - And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or G2228 his mother;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:37 - Or G2228 what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than G2228 having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than G2228 having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than G2228 having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:25 - It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than G2228 for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or G2228 brethren, or G2228 sisters, or G2228 father, or G2228 mother, or G2228 wife, or G2228 children, or G2228 lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:30 - The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or G2228 of men? answer me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:14 - And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or G2228 not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:15 - Shall we give, or G2228 shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:21 - And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, G2228 lo, he is there; believe him not:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:35 - Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or G2228 at midnight, or G2228 at the cockcrowing, or G2228 in the morning:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before G2228 the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:24 - And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or G2228 two young pigeons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:26 - And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before G2228 he had seen the Lord's Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:23 - Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or G2228 to say, Rise up and walk?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:9 - Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or G2228 to do evil? to save life, or G2228 to destroy it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - Either G2228 how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:19 - And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or G2228 look we for another?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:20 - When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or G2228 look we for another?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:16 - No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or G2228 putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:13 - But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but G2228 five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or G2228 be cast away?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than G2228 for that city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:14 - But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than G2228 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - Or G2228 if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or G2228 what thing ye shall answer, or G2228 what ye shall say:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14 - And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or G2228 a divider over you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:29 - And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or G2228 what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or G2228 even to all?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:51 - Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather G2228 division:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - Or G2228 those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or G2228 his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:5 - And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or G2228 an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or G2228 a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - Or G2228 what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than G2228 over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - Either G2228 what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - No servant can serve two masters: for either G2228 he will hate the one, and love the other; or else G2228 he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:17 - And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than G2228 one tittle of the law to fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than G2228 that he should offend one of these little ones.

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