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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 343 times in 275 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 6 (Mar 3:4–Luk 17:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or G2228 to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or G2228 to kill?” But they kept silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - and they have no root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or G2228 persecution arises because of the word, immediately they [fn]fall away.

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And He was saying to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a [fn]basket or G2228 under a bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand?

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And He was saying, “How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or G2228 by what parable shall we present it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever He was entering villages, or G2228 cities, or G2228 countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and pleading with Him that they might just touch the fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were being [fn]saved from their sicknesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:10 - “For Moses said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER’; and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR G2228 MOTHER, IS TO [fn]BE PUT TO DEATH’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or G2228 his mother, whatever you might benefit from me is Corban (that is to say, [fn]given to God),’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:12 - you no longer leave him to do anything for his father or G2228 his mother;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:43 - “And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than G2228, having your two hands, to go into [fn]hell, into the unquenchable fire,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:45 - “And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than G2228, having your two feet, to be cast into [fn]hell,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:47 - “And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than G2228, having two eyes, to be cast into [fn]hell,

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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 the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or G2228 brothers or G2228 sisters or G2228 mother or G2228 father or G2228 children or G2228 farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or G2228 to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:40 - “But to sit on My right or G2228 on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:28 - and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or G2228 who gave You this authority to do these things?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:30 - “Was the baptism of John from heaven, or G2228 from men? Answer Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:14 - And they *came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and [fn]defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it [fn]lawful to pay a tax to Caesar, or G2228 not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:15 - “Shall we pay or G2228 shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a [fn]denarius to look at.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:32 - “But of that day or G2228 hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:35 - “Therefore, stay awake—for you do not know when the [fn]master of the house is coming, whether G2228 in the evening, at midnight, or G2228 when the rooster crows, or G2228 in the morning—

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:24 - and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the [fn]Lord, “A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR G2228 TWO YOUNG PIGEONS.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:26 - And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the [fn]Lord’s [fn]Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:23 - “Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or G2228 to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:9 - And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or G2228 to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or G2228 to destroy it?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:19 - Summoning [fn]two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the One who is to come, or G2228 should we look for someone else?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:20 - When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or G2228 should we look for someone else?’”

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“Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a container or G2228 puts it under a bed, but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:13 - But He said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said, “We have no more than G2228 five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or G2228 forfeits himself?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:14 - “But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than G2228 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - “Or G2228, if his son asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - “Now when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or G2228 what you are to speak in your defense, or G2228 what you are to say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:14 - But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or G2228 arbitrator over you?”

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Now Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or G2228 to everyone else as well?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - “And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or G2228 act in accord with his will, will receive many beatings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:51 - “Do you think that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather G2228 division;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - “Or G2228 do you think that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse [fn]offenders than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath release his ox or G2228 his donkey from the stall and lead it away to water it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:3 - And Jesus answered and spoke to the scholars of the Law and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or G2228 not?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:5 - And He said to them, “[fn]Which one of you will have a son or G2228 an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

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And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or G2228 a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - “Or G2228 what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - “I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than G2228 over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

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“Or G2228 what woman, if she has ten [fn]drachmas and loses one [fn]drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - “No [fn]servant can [fn]serve two masters; for either G2228 he will hate the one and love the other, or G2228 else G2228 he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot [fn]serve God and [fn]wealth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:17 - “But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than G2228 for one [fn]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - “It [fn]would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than G2228 that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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