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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 1 / 6 (Mat 1:18–Mar 3:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:18 - And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:17 - 'Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfill;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:36 - nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24 - 'None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:31 - therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:4 - or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - 'Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:16 - From their fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:5 - for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11 - 'And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:14 - 'And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:19 - 'And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:37 - 'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:3 - said to him, 'Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:22 - but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24 - but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:5 - 'Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:25 - And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - 'Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:33 - 'Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:4 - for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering is whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6 - and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - and they said, 'Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:8 - 'And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:9 - 'And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:13 - and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 - and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:20 - for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:24 - and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:15 - is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:25 - the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men? ' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:17 - tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:23 - 'Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here is the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - 'Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:38 - and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - 'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:53 - dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:17 - they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, 'Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:9 - which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And he saith to them, 'Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

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