Vocabulary Form
ἤ
Definition

or, either, than

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
343
GK
2445
Mnemonic Singing

Not a doubt or a fear,
not a sigh ora tear,
can abide while we trust and obey.

Song
Notes

Do not confuse this with the article ἡ, which always has a rough breathing.

Biblical Concordance

Luke 7:19 sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who was to come, or (ē | ἤ | conj) should we expect someone else?”
Luke 7:20 The men went to Jesus and said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or (ē | ἤ | conj) should we expect someone else?’”
Luke 8:16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a container or (ē | ἤ | conj) puts it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
Luke 9:13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than (ē | ἤ | particle) five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
Luke 9:25 For what good will it do a person who has gained the whole world but has lost or (ē | ἤ | conj) forfeited his very self?
Luke 10:12 I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom on that day than (ē | ἤ | particle) for that town.
Luke 10:14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than (ē | ἤ | particle) for you!
Luke 11:12 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) should he ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Luke 12:11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry: How or (ē | ἤ | conj) what words should you use in your defense? or (ē | ἤ | conj), What should you say?
Luke 12:14 But he said to him, “Friend, who appointed me a judge or (ē | ἤ | conj) arbitrator between you two?”
Luke 12:41 Then Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us or (ē | ἤ | conj) to everyone?”
Luke 12:47 “And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or (ē | ἤ | conj) act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many blows.
Luke 12:51 Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I tell you, but rather (ē | ἤ | particle) division!
Luke 13:4 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them — do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem?
Luke 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or (ē | ἤ | conj) his donkey from the manger to lead it away and to water it?
Luke 14:3 In response Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to heal, or (ē | ἤ | conj) not?”
Luke 14:5 And to them, he said, “Which of you, when his son or (ē | ἤ | conj) his ox has fallen into a well, does not immediately pull it up, even though the be a Sabbath?
Luke 14:12 Then he also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or (ē | ἤ | conj) a dinner do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or or rich neighbors, in case they also invite you in return, and there would be a repayment to you.
Luke 14:31 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand troops to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than (ē | ἤ | particle) over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
Luke 15:8 “Or (ē | ἤ | conj) what woman, who has ten silver coins, should she lose one coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search diligently until she finds it?
Luke 16:13 “No servant is able to 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 money.”
Luke 16:17 It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than (ē | ἤ | particle) for the smallest part of a single letter in the law to lose its force.
Luke 17:2 It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is cast into the sea than (ē | ἤ | particle) that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
Luke 17:7 Which one of you, having a servant plowing or (ē | ἤ | conj) tending sheep, who, when he comes in from the field, will say to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at dinner’?