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 26:63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath by the living God, tell us if (ei | εἰ | conj) you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
Matthew 27:40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If (ei | εἰ | conj) you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
Matthew 27:43 He has put his trust in God; let God rescue him now if (ei | εἰ | conj) he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
Matthew 27:49 But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether (ei | εἰ | conj) Elijah will come to save him.”
Mark 2:7 “Why does this man speak like that? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins except (ei | εἰ | conj) the One the God?”
Mark 2:21 “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth unshrunk sews on an old garment. old If he does (ei | εἰ | conj), the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the worse. tear becomes worse.
Mark 2:22 And no one puts new wine new into old wineskins. old If he does (ei | εἰ | conj), the wine will burst the skins and both the wine and the skins. will be wasted. But new wine new is poured into fresh wineskins.” fresh
Mark 2:26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, sacred ate which is not lawful to eat, except (ei | εἰ | conj) for the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” who were
Mark 3:2 And they were watching him carefully to see if (ei | εἰ | conj) he would heal on the Sabbath, he would heal him so they could accuse him.
Mark 3:26 And if (ei | εἰ | conj) Satan rises against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is coming to an end.
Mark 4:23 If (ei | εἴ | conj) anyone has ears to hear, let him listen!”
Mark 5:37 And he did not permit anyone to follow him, except (ei | εἰ | conj) Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
Mark 6:4 And Jesus said to them, Jesus “A prophet is not prophet without honor except (ei | εἰ | conj) in his hometown, his and among his relatives, his and in his own household.” his
Mark 6:5 And he was not able there, to do any mighty work there, except (ei | εἰ | conj) that he laid his hands on a few sick people laid on his hands and healed them.
Mark 6:8 He instructed them to take nothing for their journey except (ei | εἰ | conj) simply a staff simply — no bread, no bag, no money in their belts money —
Mark 8:12 Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? I tell you the truth, no (ei | εἰ | conj) sign will be given to this generation.”
Mark 8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take along loaves of bread, except (ei | εἰ | conj) for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
Mark 8:23 And taking the hand of the blind man, he led him outside the village. Then, after moistening the eyes of the blind man with saliva and laying his hands on him, Jesus asked him, “What (ei | εἴ | conj) do you see?”
Mark 8:34 When he had called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If (ei | εἴ | conj) anyone wants to come be my disciple, he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.
Mark 9:9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until (ei | εἰ | conj) the Son of Man should rise from the dead.
Mark 9:22 indeed frequently it has even cast him into fire and into water to destroy him. But if (ei | εἴ | conj) you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, “‘If (ei | εἰ | conj) you can’! All things are possible for the one who has faith.”
Mark 9:29 And he said to them, “This kind cannot come out except (ei | εἰ | conj) by prayer.”
Mark 9:35 And sitting down, he called the twelve and said to them, “If (ei | εἴ | conj) anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
Mark 9:42 “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if (ei | εἰ | conj) a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.