Vocabulary Form
εἰ
Definition
if
Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
502
GK
1623
Mnemonic Singing

My gracious Redeemer,
my Savior art Thou,
if ever I love Thee,
my Jesus

Song
Notes

This is not the same as εἶ, which means “you are.” Watch the accents carefully, because εἰ does not have its own accent. Like ἐάν, εἰ always introduces a dependent clause, and therefore you will not find the main subject or verb of the sentence in the εἰ clause.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 4:3 And the tempter came to him and said, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”
Matthew 4:6 and said to him, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it stands written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘on their hands they will hold you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how will it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything but (ei | εἰ | conj) to be thrown out and trampled under foot by those who pass by.
Matthew 5:29 If (ei | εἰ | conj) your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:30 And if (ei | εἰ | conj) your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away for it is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
Matthew 6:1 “Take care not to perform your good deeds before others so as to be seen by them; otherwise (ei | εἰ | conj) you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:23 but if your eye is evil, your whole body will be filled with darkness. If (ei | εἰ | conj) then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 6:30 Now if (ei | εἰ | conj) God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today but tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Matthew 7:11 If (ei | εἰ | conj) then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 8:31 And the demons begged him, saying, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
Matthew 9:17 Neither is new wine poured into old wineskins. If that happens (ei | εἰ | conj), the wineskins split, the wine pours out, and the wineskins are ruined. Instead, new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If (ei | εἰ | conj) they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they revile the members of his household!
Matthew 11:14 and if (ei | εἰ | conj) you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
Matthew 11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if (ei | εἰ | conj) the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, had been done the mighty works done in you they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 11:23 And as for you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if (ei | εἰ | conj) the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, had been done the mighty works done in you it would have remained to this day.
Matthew 11:27 All things were handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except (ei | εἰ | conj) the Father; neither does anyone know the Father except (ei | εἰ | conj) the Son and the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but (ei | εἰ | conj) for the priests alone?
Matthew 12:7 And if (ei | εἰ | conj) you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew 12:10 and there he saw a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” — so they might have a charge to bring against him.
Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except (ei | εἰ | conj) by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”
Matthew 12:26 So if (ei | εἰ | conj) Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
Matthew 12:27 And if (ei | εἰ | conj) I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:28 But if (ei | εἰ | conj) I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except (ei | εἰ | conj) the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Matthew 13:57 And they were deeply offended at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except (ei | εἰ | conj) in his hometown and in his own household.”