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

1 Corinthians 2:1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or (ē | ἤ | conj) of wisdom as I told you about the secret purpose of God.
1 Corinthians 4:3 But for me it is a matter of the least consequence that I should be judged by you or (ē | ἤ | conj) by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
1 Corinthians 4:21 What would you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction or (ē | ἤ | conj) with love in a spirit of gentleness?
1 Corinthians 5:10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or (ē | ἤ | conj) the greedy and swindlers, or (ē | ἤ | conj) idolaters, since then you would have to go out of the world.
1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is a sexually immoral or (ē | ἤ | conj) greedy person, an idolater, slanderer, drunkard, or (ē | ἤ | conj) swindler — not even to eat with such a one.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try minor cases?
1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
1 Corinthians 6:16 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For it says, “The two will become one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than (ē | ἤ | particle) to burn with sexual passion.
1 Corinthians 7:11 (however if she does, let her remain unmarried or (ē | ἤ | conj) else be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or (ē | ἤ | conj) the sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us.
1 Corinthians 7:16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
1 Corinthians 9:6 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) is it only I and Barnabas who have no right to refrain from working?
1 Corinthians 9:7 Who serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
1 Corinthians 9:8 Am I saying these things from a merely human point of view? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) does not the Law say the same?
1 Corinthians 9:10 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) does he not speak entirely for our sake. To be sure, it was written for our sake, because the one plowing should plow in hope and the one threshing thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
1 Corinthians 9:15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this so that something will be done for me; for it would be better for me rather to die — no one shall take away my ground for boasting!
1 Corinthians 10:19 So what am I implying? That food offered to idols is anything, or (ē | ἤ | conj) that an idol is anything?
1 Corinthians 10:22 Or (ē | ἤ | conj) are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 11:4 Any man who prays or (ē | ἤ | conj) prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head,
1 Corinthians 11:5 but any wife who prays or (ē | ἤ | conj) prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as a woman who has her head shaved.
1 Corinthians 11:6 For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut her hair short. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut short or (ē | ἤ | conj) have her head shaved, she should cover her head.
1 Corinthians 11:22 Can it be that you do not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? For this I will not commend you.
1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats this bread or (ē | ἤ | conj) drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.