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

Luke 17:2 It is better for him if (ei | εἰ | conj) a millstone is hung around his neck and he is cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Luke 17:18 Were they not found, so as to return and give praise to God, except (ei | εἰ | conj) this foreigner?”
Luke 18:4 He didn’t want to for a time. But later on he said to himself, ‘Though (ei | εἰ | conj) I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
Luke 18:19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except (ei | εἰ | conj) one — God.
Luke 19:8 Zacchaeus, as he stood there, said to the Lord, “Look, half of what I own, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if (ei | εἴ | conj) I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will repay fourfold.”
Luke 19:42 saying, “Would (ei | εἰ | conj) that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Luke 22:42 saying, “Father, if (ei | εἰ | conj) you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will, but yours be done.”
Luke 22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, shall (ei | εἰ | conj) we strike with the sword?”
Luke 22:67 and said, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you are the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,
Luke 23:6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether (ei | εἰ | conj) the man was a Galilean.
Luke 23:31 For if (ei | εἰ | conj) they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Luke 23:35 The people stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if (ei | εἰ | conj) he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!”
Luke 23:37 and saying, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”
John 1:25 So they asked him, saying, “Why then are you baptizing, if (ei | εἰ | conj) you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John 3:12 If (ei | εἰ | conj) I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
John 3:13 No one has gone up to heaven except (ei | εἰ | conj) the one who came down out of heaven, the Son of Man.
John 4:10 Jesus answered her, saying, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you had known the gift of God and who it was that said to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
John 5:46 If (ei | εἰ | conj) you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
John 5:47 But if (ei | εἰ | conj) you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
John 6:22 On the next day the crowd was standing on the other side of the lake. They knew that only (ei | εἰ | conj) one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gotten into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had left without him.
John 6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except (ei | εἰ | conj) the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.
John 7:4 For no one acts in secret if he desires public recognition. If (ei | εἰ | conj) you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
John 7:23 If (ei | εἰ | conj) a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?
John 8:19 Then they began asking him, “Where is your father?” Jesus replied, “You know neither me nor my Father. If (ei | εἰ | conj) you knew me you would know my Father also.”