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 14:17 And they said to him, “We have nothing here but (ei | εἰ | conj) five loaves and two fish.”
Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him, saying, “Lord, if (ei | εἰ | conj) it is you, tell me to come to you on the water.”
Matthew 15:24 But he answered, saying, “I was not sent except (ei | εἰ | conj) to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 16:4 An evil and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but no sign will be given it except (ei | εἰ | conj) the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.
Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If (ei | εἴ | conj) anyone resolves to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Matthew 17:4 And Peter spoke to Jesus, saying, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If (ei | εἰ | conj) you wish, I will put up three shelters here — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Matthew 17:8 And when they raised their eyes, they saw no one except (ei | εἰ | conj) Jesus himself alone.
Matthew 18:8 “If (ei | εἰ | conj) your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into eternal fire.
Matthew 18:9 And if (ei | εἰ | conj) your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Matthew 18:28 But that same servant then went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what (ei | εἴ | conj) you owe.’
Matthew 19:3 Some Pharisees came to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”
Matthew 19:10 The disciples said to him, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”
Matthew 19:17 And Jesus replied “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If (ei | εἰ | conj) you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you want to be perfect, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
Matthew 21:19 And seeing a fig tree by the road, he went over to it and found nothing on it except (ei | εἰ | conj) leaves only. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And at once the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 22:45 If (ei | εἰ | conj) therefore David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
Matthew 23:30 and you say, ‘If (ei | εἰ | conj) we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Matthew 24:22 And unless (ei | εἰ | conj) those days were shortened, no human being would survive. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
Matthew 24:24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and they will perform great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if (ei | εἰ | conj) that were possible, even the elect.
Matthew 24:36 “But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the angels of heaven nor the Son, but (ei | εἰ | conj) the Father only.
Matthew 24:43 But understand this: if (ei | εἰ | conj) the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Matthew 26:24 The Son of Man will depart as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man had he not been born.”
Matthew 26:33 Peter answered, saying to him, “Though (ei | εἰ | conj) they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”
Matthew 26:39 And going a short distance beyond them, he threw face himself face, to the ground, praying, “My Father, if (ei | εἰ | conj) it be possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not as I will but as you will.”
Matthew 26:42 Once again he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father, if (ei | εἰ | conj) this cannot pass unless I drink it, may your will be done.”