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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 3 / 6 (Luk 17:7–Act 24:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:7 - “Will any one of you who has a servant[fn] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:21 - nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:23 - And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed[fn] thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:14 - I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:25 - For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:29 - And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers[fn] or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:2 - and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:4 - was the baptism of John from heaven or from man?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:22 - Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 - For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:34 - Jesus[fn] said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:68 - and if I ask you, you will not answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6 - Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:1 - Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:27 - Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:19 - When they had rowed about three or four miles,[fn] they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:17 - If anyone’s will is to do God’s[fn] will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:48 - Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:21 - But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10 - Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,[fn] but is completely clean. And you[fn] are clean, but not every one of you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 - Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:34 - Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:7 - He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 - the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:7 - And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:34 - There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 - So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 - And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 - “‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:34 - And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:14 - But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”

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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 Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or 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 common or 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 foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination 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 matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 - so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 - I coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:9 - Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:29 - I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:11 - You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 - and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:20 - Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,

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