εἰ

εἰ,

conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions.

I. Conditional, if;

1. with indic, expressing a general assumption;

(a) pres.: before indic, pres., Matt 11,14, Rom 8,25, al.; before imperat., Mark 4,23; 9,22, Joh 15,18, 1 Kor 7,9, al.; before fut. indic., Luk 16,31, Rom 8,11, al.; before pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, Matt 12,26, Rom 4,14, al.; similarly, before impf., Luk 17,6, Joh 8,39; before quæst., Matt 6,23, Joh 5,47; 7,23; 8,46, 1 Pet 2,20;

(b) fut.: Matt 26,33, 1 Pet 2,20;

(with) pf.: Joh 11,12, Rom 6,5, al.;

(d) aor.: Luk 16,11; 19,8, Joh 13,32; 18,23, Åb 20,15, al.

2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί: Matt 12,28, Joh 7,4, Rom 5,17, al.

3. Of an unfulfilled condition, with indic, impf., aor. or plpf., before ἄν, with imp. or aor. (see: ἄν, I, i).

4. C. indic., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: Mark 15,44, 1 Joh 3,13, al.

5. C. indic., as in LXX (4 Mos 14,3o, 1 Sam 14,45, al. = Heb. אִם), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis (WM, 627; Burton, §272): Mark 8,12, Hebr 3,11" (LXX) 4:3 (LXX).

6. Rarely (cl.) with optative, to express a merely possible condition: ApG 24,19; 27,39, 1 Kor 14,10; 15,37, I Pe3:14, 17.

II. Interrogative, if, whether.

1. As in cl., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc.: with indic. pres., Matt 26,63, Mark 15,36, ApG 19,2, 2 Kor 13,5, al.; fut., Mark 3,2, ApG 8,22, al.; aor., Mark 15,44, 1 Kor 1,16, al.; with subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 194), Fil 3,12,

2. As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ, 1 Mos 17,17, al.; see WM, 639f.; Viteau, i, 22), in direct questions: Mark 8,23 (Tr., WH, txt.), Luk 13,23; 22,49, ApG 19,2, al.

III. With other particles.

1. εἰ ἄρα, εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μήγε, see: ἄρα, γε.

2. εἰ δὲ καί, but if also: Luk 11,18 but even if, 1 Kor 4,7, 2 Kor 4,3; 11,16.

3. εἰ δὲ μή, but if not, but if otherwise: Mark 2,21, 22 Joh 14,2, Åb 2,5, al.

4. εἰ καί, if even, if also, although: Mark 14,29, Luk 11,8, 1 Kor 7,21, 2 Kor 4,16, Fil 2,17, al.

5. καὶ εἰ, even if, see: καί

6. εἰ μή, if not, unless, except, but only: Matt 24,22, Mark 2,26; 6,5, Joh 9,33, 1 Kor 7,17 (only), Gal 1,19 (cf. ἐὰν μή, 2:16; see Hort., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή, pleonastic (Bl., §65, 6), 1 Kor 14,5; 15,2, 1 Tim 5,19.

7. εἰ μήν = cl. ἦ μήν (M, Pr., 46), in oaths, surely (Ezk 33,27, al.): Hebr 6,14.

8. εἴ πως, if haply: ApG 27,12, Rom 1,10.

9. εἴτε . . . εἴτε, whether . . . or; Rom 12,6-8, 1 Kor 3,22; 13,8, al.