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

John 8:39 They answered him, saying, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said to them, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If (ei | εἰ | conj) I am speaking the truth, why don’t you believe me?
John 9:25 He replied, “Whether (ei | εἰ | conj) or not he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know: whereas I used to be blind, I now see.”
John 9:33 If (ei | εἰ | conj) this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
John 9:41 Jesus said to them, “If (ei | εἰ | conj) you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now you are saying, ‘We can see,’ so your guilt remains.
John 10:10 The thief comes only (ei | εἰ | conj) to steal and slaughter and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
John 10:24 The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How much longer will you provoke us to anger? If (ei | εἰ | conj) you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
John 10:35 If (ei | εἰ | conj) the scripture called them ‘gods’ to whom the word of God came — and scripture cannot be annulled —
John 10:37 If (ei | εἰ | conj) I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
John 10:38 but if (ei | εἰ | conj) I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may come to know and be certain that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
John 11:12 The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if (ei | εἰ | conj) he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
John 11:21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if (ei | εἰ | conj) you had been here, my brother would not have died.
John 11:32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if (ei | εἰ | conj) you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
John 13:10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed has no need to wash, except for (ei | εἰ | conj) his feet, but is clean all over. And you men are clean, but not all of you.”
John 13:14 If (ei | εἰ | conj) I, then, your Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
John 13:17 If (ei | εἰ | conj) you know these things, blessed are you if you put them into practice.
John 13:32 If (ei | εἰ | conj) God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.
John 14:2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places; if (ei | εἰ | conj) that were not the case, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except (ei | εἰ | conj) through me.
John 14:7 If (ei | εἰ | conj) you have known me, you will know my Father also; and from now on you do know him and have seen him.”
John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else (ei | εἰ | conj) believe me because of the works themselves.
John 14:28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If (ei | εἰ | conj) you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 15:18 “If (ei | εἰ | conj) the world hates you, be aware that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:19 If (ei | εἰ | conj) you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.