εἰ | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

εἰ

Definition

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

502

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

1 Corinthians 7:16	For how do you know, wife, whether (ei \| εἰ \| conj) you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether (ei \| εἰ \| conj) you will save your wife?
1 Corinthians 7:17	Only (ei \| εἰ \| conj), as the Lord has assigned to each person, as God has called each one, so let that person conduct his life. And thus I prescribe in all the churches.
1 Corinthians 7:21	If you were a slave when called, do not be concerned about it. However, if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) you are able to gain your freedom, make the most of the opportunity.
1 Corinthians 7:36	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) someone believes he is not treating his virgin in an appropriate manner, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, he should do what he desires, it is no sin — let them marry.
1 Corinthians 8:2	If (ei \| εἴ \| conj) someone presumes to know something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 8:3	But if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) someone loves God, he is known by God.
1 Corinthians 8:4	Therefore, as to the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol has no genuine reality” and that “there is no God but (ei \| εἰ \| conj) one.”
1 Corinthians 8:13	Therefore, if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) food causes my brother to stumble, again I will never eat meat, lest I cause one of them to stumble.
1 Corinthians 9:2	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:11	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) we sowed spiritual things among you, is it too much if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) we reap material things from you?
1 Corinthians 9:12	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) others have a share in this right over you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but endure all things lest we place some obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:17	For if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a charge.
1 Corinthians 10:13	No trial has overtaken you that is not (ei \| εἰ \| conj) distinctively human; and God is faithful; he will not let you be tested beyond what you can bear, but with the trial will also provide the way through, so that you will be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:27	If (ei \| εἴ \| conj) one of the unbelievers invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question based on conscience.
1 Corinthians 10:30	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed because of that for which I give thanks?
1 Corinthians 11:6	For if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) a woman will not cover her head, she should cut her hair short. But if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut short or have her head shaved, she should cover her head.
1 Corinthians 11:16	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) anyone is inclined to be quarrelsome, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
1 Corinthians 11:31	But if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) we had been examining ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
1 Corinthians 11:34	If (ei \| εἴ \| conj) anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.
1 Corinthians 12:3	Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except (ei \| εἰ \| conj) by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:17	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
1 Corinthians 12:19	If (ei \| εἰ \| conj) they were all a single member, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 14:5	Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may receive edification.
1 Corinthians 14:10	There are who-knows-how-many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.
1 Corinthians 14:35	And if (ei \| εἰ \| conj) they want to find out about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church.