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

Romans 11:24 For if (ei | εἰ | conj) you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree?
Romans 12:18 If (ei | εἰ | conj) possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with everyone.
Romans 13:1 Every person must be subject to the governing authorities because there is no authority except (ei | εἰ | conj) by God’s appointment, and those that presently exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except (ei | εἰ | conj) to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” (and any other commandment there (ei | εἴ | conj) may (ei | εἴ | conj) be) (ei | εἴ | conj) are summed up in this “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 14:14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; however (ei | εἰ | conj), to the one who considers something to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Romans 14:15 if (ei | εἰ | conj) your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by what you eat that brother for whom Christ died.
Romans 15:27 They were pleased to do so, in fact, they are obligated to them; for if (ei | εἰ | conj) the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material things.
1 Corinthians 1:14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except (ei | εἰ | conj) Crispus and Gaius,
1 Corinthians 1:16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not know if (ei | εἴ | conj) I baptized anyone else.)
1 Corinthians 2:2 For I had decided to know nothing among you except (ei | εἰ | conj) Jesus Christ and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if (ei | εἰ | conj) they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 2:11 For who can know the thoughts of a man except (ei | εἰ | conj) the man’s own spirit that is in him? In the same way, no one can understand the thoughts of God except (ei | εἰ | conj) the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 3:12 If (ei | εἰ | conj) anyone is building on the foundation with gold, silver, gems, wood, hay, straw —
1 Corinthians 3:14 If (ei | εἴ | conj) the work that someone has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
1 Corinthians 3:15 If (ei | εἴ | conj) someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; however, he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
1 Corinthians 3:17 If (ei | εἴ | conj) anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If (ei | εἴ | conj) someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 4:7 For who sees anything superior in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if (ei | εἰ | conj) you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
1 Corinthians 6:2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if (ei | εἰ | conj) the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try minor cases?
1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive one another, except (ei | εἰ | conj) perhaps by agreement for a set time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
1 Corinthians 7:9 But if (ei | εἰ | conj) they are not practicing self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with sexual passion.
1 Corinthians 7:12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If (ei | εἴ | conj) some brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her.
1 Corinthians 7:13 And if (ei | εἴ | conj) some woman has a husband who is not a believer, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce him.
1 Corinthians 7:15 But if (ei | εἰ | conj) the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or the sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us.