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Lexicon :: Strong's G2229 - ē

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Transliteration
ē (Key)
Pronunciation
ay
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
An adverb of confirmation, perhaps intensive of (G2228)
mGNT
0x in 0 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
34x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

ē, ay; an adverb of confirmation; perhaps intensive of G2228; used only (in the New Testament) before G3303; assuredly:—surely.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2229 in the following manner: surely (with G3375) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2229 in the following manner: surely (with G3375) (1x).
  1. assuredly, most certainly, full surely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ē, ay; an adverb of confirmation; perhaps intensive of G2228; used only (in the New Testament) before G3303; assuredly:—surely.
STRONGS G2229:
, 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 τούς προφήτας), Matthew 5:36 (λευκήν 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; ἀγνοεῖτε etc., Romans 6:3; Romans 7:1 (cf. Romans 6:14); οὐκ ὀικατε etc., Romans 11:2; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 16, 19.
d. ... , 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... 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. ... ... , 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 ); Acts 4:19; Romans 13:11, and often. 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 ); 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 , 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 ; 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, 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' , see ἀλλά, I. 10, p. 28a.
b. γάρ, see γάρ, I. at the end
c. 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 περ, WH marginal reading ὑπέρ) (2 Macc. 14:42; Homer, Hesiod).
e. ἤτοι... , 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2229 matches the Greek (ē),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants[fn] beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 - She replied, “Why don’t you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13 - No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:10 - But those who came before us will teach you.
They will teach you the wisdom of old.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 - “So who am I, that I should try to answer God
or even reason with him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - It disappears like a swift papyrus boat,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - What do you gain by oppressing me?
Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands,
while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:4 - Are your eyes like those of a human?
Do you see things only as people see them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:5 - Is your lifetime only as long as ours?
Is your life so short
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 - You guided my conception
and formed me in the womb.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - I have only a few days left, so leave me alone,
that I may have a moment of comfort
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:7 - “Can you solve the mysteries of God?
Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:2 - “You people really know everything, don’t you?
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:8 - Will you slant your testimony in his favor?
Will you argue God’s case for him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - God might kill me, but I have no other hope.[fn]
I am going to argue my case with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:25 - Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
Would you chase dry straw?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:8 - Were you listening at God’s secret council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - Where then is my hope?
Can anyone find it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:16 - No, my hope will go down with me to the grave.
We will rest together in the dust!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 - Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you
and brings judgment against you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13 - But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing!
How can he judge through the thick darkness?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 - As long as I live,
while I have breath from God,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9 - Will God listen to their cry
when trouble comes upon them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - “Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies,
or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 - As the light approaches,
the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;
it is robed in brilliant colors.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 - Can you direct the sequence of the seasons
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:19 - “Have you given the horse its strength
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:9 - Are you as strong as God?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - I have sworn by my own name;
I have spoken the truth,
and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will confess allegiance to me.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:17 - Don’t you see what they are doing throughout the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - All who pass by jeer at you.
They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem,[fn] saying,
“Is this the city called ‘Most Beautiful in All the World’
and ‘Joy of All the Earth’?”
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