Gloss
or; (in a series) either...or; (in comparison) than
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἤ
Greek transliteration
ē
Simplified transliteration
e
Numbers
Strong's number
2228
GK Number
2445
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
343
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
particle
Definition
can function as a conj (298t), either, or, Mt. 6:24; after comparatives, and ἄλλος, ἕτερος, expressed or implied, than, Mt. 10:15; 18:8; Acts 17:21; 24:21; intensive after ἀλλά and πριν, Lk. 12:51; Mt. 1:18; it also serves to point an interrogation, Rom. 3:29
Greek-English Concordance for ἤ
| Matthew 1:18 | Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: When his mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, before they had come together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. |
| Matthew 5:17 | “Do not think that I came to abolish the law or (ē | ἤ | conj) the prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. |
| Matthew 5:18 | I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single iota or (ē | ἤ | conj) one little stroke will pass from the law until everything takes place. |
| Matthew 5:36 | Nor shall you take an oath by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or (ē | ἤ | conj) black. |
| Matthew 6:24 | “No one can serve two masters, for either (ē | ἤ | conj) he will hate the one and love the other, or (ē | ἤ | conj) he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and possessions. |
| Matthew 6:25 | “Therefore I say to you, ‘Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or (ē | ἤ | conj) what you will drink, or about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? |
| Matthew 6:31 | So then, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or (ē | ἤ | conj), ‘What shall we drink?’ or (ē | ἤ | conj), ‘With what shall we clothe ourselves?’ — |
| Matthew 7:4 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) how dare you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and look, there is a log in your own eye? |
| Matthew 7:9 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) is there any man among you who, if his son should ask for bread, would give him a stone? |
| Matthew 7:10 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) if he should ask for a fish, would give him a snake? |
| Matthew 7:16 | By their fruits you will know them. Do people gather grapes from thornbushes, or (ē | ἤ | conj) figs from thistles? |
| Matthew 9:5 | For which is easier; to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or (ē | ἤ | conj) to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? |
| Matthew 10:11 | And whatever town or (ē | ἤ | conj) village you enter, find out who in it is worthy and stay there until you leave. |
| Matthew 10:14 | And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your message, as you leave that house or (ē | ἤ | conj) that town shake off the dust from your feet. |
| Matthew 10:15 | I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than (ē | ἤ | particle) for that town. |
| Matthew 10:19 | But when they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or (ē | ἤ | conj) what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time. |
| Matthew 10:37 | Whoever loves father or (ē | ἤ | conj) mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or (ē | ἤ | conj) daughter more than me is not worthy of me. |
| Matthew 11:3 | asking “Are you the one who is to come, or (ē | ἤ | conj) should we wait for someone else?” |
| Matthew 11:22 | Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than (ē | ἤ | particle) for you. |
| Matthew 11:24 | Nevertheless I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than (ē | ἤ | particle) for you.” |
| Matthew 12:5 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are not guilty? |
| Matthew 12:25 | But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city or (ē | ἤ | conj) house divided against itself will stand. |
| Matthew 12:29 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) how can someone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his belongings, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he will ransack his house. |
| Matthew 12:33 | “Either (ē | ἤ | conj) make the tree good and its fruit good, or (ē | ἤ | conj) make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit. |
| Matthew 13:21 | yet he has no root in himself but lasts only a short time, and when suffering or (ē | ἤ | conj) persecution arises on account of the message, immediately he falls away. |
