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

Acts 4:19 But Peter and John said in answer to them, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than (ē | ἤ | particle) God, you must judge,
Acts 4:34 For there was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of land or (ē | ἤ | conj) houses sold them and brought the proceeds from what was sold
Acts 5:29 But in response, Peter and the other apostles said, “It is necessary to obey God rather than (ē | ἤ | particle) men.”
Acts 5:38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and leave them alone, for if this plan or (ē | ἤ | conj) this undertaking be of men, it will fail;
Acts 7:2 And Stephen said: “My brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Acts 7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What sort of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or (ē | ἤ | conj) what is the place of my rest?
Acts 8:34 And in answer the eunuch said to Philip, “I ask you, about whom does the prophet say this, about himself or (ē | ἤ | conj) about someone else?”
Acts 10:28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with or (ē | ἤ | conj) to visit anyone of another race, but God showed me that I should call no person common or (ē | ἤ | conj) unclean.
Acts 11:8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or (ē | ἤ | conj) unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
Acts 17:21 (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time in nothing else than (ē | ἤ | particle) to tell or (ē | ἤ | conj) to hear something new.)
Acts 17:29 So since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine being is like an image carved in gold or (ē | ἤ | conj) silver or (ē | ἤ | conj) stone by human skill and imagination.
Acts 18:14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or (ē | ἤ | conj) a serious piece of villainy, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you.
Acts 19:12 so that handkerchiefs and (ē | ἤ | conj) aprons were carried off from his body for the sick, and diseases were driven away by them and evil spirits came out.
Acts 20:33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or (ē | ἤ | conj) gold or (ē | ἤ | conj) clothing.
Acts 20:35 In all this I have shown you that by working in this way you must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than (ē | ἤ | particle) to receive.’”
Acts 23:9 Then there arose a great uproar, and certain of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested vigorously, saying, “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or (ē | ἤ | conj) an angel has spoken to him?”
Acts 23:29 I found him accused in regard to questions of their law, but with no charge deserving death or (ē | ἤ | conj) imprisonment.
Acts 24:12 and they did not find me arguing with anyone or (ē | ἤ | conj) stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.
Acts 24:20 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
Acts 24:21 other (ē | ἤ | particle) than this one utterance that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is regarding a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’”
Acts 25:6 After he stayed among them not more than eight or (ē | ἤ | conj) ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he took his seat on the judge’s bench and ordered Paul to be brought.
Acts 25:16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to turn anyone over before the accused has met the accusers face to face and had an opportunity to make his defense against the charge.
Acts 26:31 and after they had left the room, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or (ē | ἤ | conj) imprisonment.”
Acts 27:11 But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than (ē | ἤ | particle) by what Paul was saying.
Acts 28:6 They were expecting that he was going to swell up or (ē | ἤ | conj) suddenly fall down dead; but when they waited a long time and saw no misfortune happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.