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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
774x 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).
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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 35 times in 30 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:7 - But He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or G2228 seasons which the Father has set by His own authority;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this, or G2228 why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or G2228 piety we had made him walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:7 - And when they had placed them in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power, or G2228 in what name, have you done this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:19 - But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to hear you rather than G2228 God, you be the judge;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:34 - For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or G2228 houses would sell them and bring the [fn]proceeds of the sales

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - But Peter and the apostles answered and said, “We must obey God rather than G2228 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 - “So in the present case, I also say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or G2228 [fn]action is of men, it will be overthrown;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 -

And he said, “Hear me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in [fn]Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 -

‘HEAVEN IS MY THRONE,

AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET.

WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord,

‘OR G2228 WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REST?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:34 -

And the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you earnestly, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or G2228 of someone else?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 - And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or G2228 to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man defiled or G2228 unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 - “But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing defiled or G2228 unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21 - (Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than G2228 telling or G2228 hearing something newer.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - “Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or G2228 silver or G2228 stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:14 - But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a wrongdoing or G2228 vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 - so that cloths or G2228 aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 - “I have coveted no one’s silver or G2228 gold or G2228 clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - “In everything I showed you that by laboring in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than G2228 to receive.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:9 - And there occurred a great outcry; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or G2228 an angel has spoken to him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:29 -

and I found him to be accused over questions about their Law, but [fn]under no accusation deserving death or G2228 [fn]imprisonment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - “And neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor across the city did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or G2228 causing [fn]a riot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:20 - “Or G2228 else G2228 let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:21 - other G2228 than G2228 for this one statement which I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 -

And after he had spent not more than eight or G2228 ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - “I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, “This man is not doing anything worthy of death or G2228 [fn]imprisonment.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:11 - But the centurion was being more persuaded by the pilot and the [fn]captain of the ship than G2228 by what was being said by Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:6 - But they were waiting for him to soon swell up or G2228 suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, changing their minds, they began to say that he was a god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:17 -

And it happened that after three days [fn]Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or G2228 the customs of our [fn]fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - And they said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brothers come here and reported or G2228 spoken anything bad about you.
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