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
| Hebrews 2:6 | But someone has testified somewhere, “What is man that you take thought for him, or (ē | ἤ | conj) the son of man, that you care for him? |
| Hebrews 10:28 | Anyone who violates the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or (ē | ἤ | conj) three witnesses. |
| Hebrews 11:25 | choosing rather to suffer hardship along with the people of God than (ē | ἤ | particle) to enjoy the transient pleasure of sin. |
| Hebrews 12:16 | that no one becomes immoral and (ē | ἤ | conj) profane like Esau, who gave up his inheritance rights in return for a single meal. |
| James 1:17 | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or (ē | ἤ | conj) shadow caused by change. |
| James 2:3 | and you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “You sit here in a good place,” but to the poor man you say, “You stand over there, or (ē | ἤ | conj) sit down here at my feet,” |
| James 2:15 | If a brother or (ē | ἤ | conj) sister lacks adequate clothing and is in need of daily food, |
| James 3:12 | My brothers, can a fig tree produce olives, or (ē | ἤ | conj) a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring supply fresh water. |
| James 4:5 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) do you imagine that scripture has no meaning when it says, “God yearns jealously over the spirit that he has placed in us”? |
| James 4:11 | Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or (ē | ἤ | conj) judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. |
| James 4:13 | Come now, you who say, “Today or (ē | ἤ | conj) tomorrow we will go to some city and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” |
| James 4:15 | Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord so decrees, then we will live and do this or (ē | ἤ | conj) that.” |
| 1 Peter 1:11 | trying to discover what time or (ē | ἤ | conj) manner of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. |
| 1 Peter 1:18 | since you know that you were ransomed from the empty way of life handed down from your ancestors, not by perishable things such as silver or (ē | ἤ | conj) gold, |
| 1 Peter 3:3 | Do not let your beauty be external — such as braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or (ē | ἤ | conj) dressing up in fine clothes — |
| 1 Peter 3:9 | not returning evil for evil or (ē | ἤ | conj) insult for insult, but on the contrary blessing, because for this you were called that you might inherit a blessing. |
| 1 Peter 3:17 | For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is God’s will, than (ē | ἤ | particle) for doing evil. |
| 1 Peter 4:15 | But none of you should suffer as a murderer or (ē | ἤ | conj) a thief or (ē | ἤ | conj) a criminal or (ē | ἤ | conj) as a meddler in the affairs of another; |
| 2 Peter 2:21 | For it would have been better for them never to have come to know the way of righteousness than (ē | ἤ | particle), having come to know it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was delivered to them. |
| 1 John 4:4 | Little children, you have been born of God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than (ē | ἤ | particle) the one who is in the world. |
| Revelation 3:15 | I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or (ē | ἤ | conj) hot! |
| Revelation 13:16 | He also caused everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on their right hand or (ē | ἤ | conj) on their forehead. |
| Revelation 13:17 | And no one was permitted to buy or (ē | ἤ | conj) to sell unless he bore the mark, that is, the name of the beast or (ē | ἤ | conj) the number of his name. |
| Revelation 14:9 | Then another angel, a third, followed them, declaring in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or (ē | ἤ | conj) on his hand, |
