Strong G1535εἴτε

whether

Transliteration
eite
Pronunciation
i'-teh
Morphology
Greek Conditional

Definition

From G1487 and G5037; if too: - if or whether.

Detailed definition

εἴτε, see: εἰ.
εἰ,
conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions.

I. Conditional, if;
1. with indic, expressing a general assumption;
__(a) pres.: before indic, pres., Mat.11:14, Rom.8:25, al.; before imperat., Mrk.4:23 9:22, Jhn.15:18, 1Co.7:9, al.; before fut. indic., Luk.16:31, Rom.8:11, al.; before pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, Mat.12:26, Rom.4:14, al.; similarly, before impf., Luk.17:6, Jhn.8:39; before quæst., Mat.6:23, Jhn.5:47 7:23 8:46, 1Pe.2:20;
__(b) fut.: Mat.26:33, 1Pe.2:20;
__(with) pf.: Jhn.11:12, Rom.6:5, al.;
__(d) aor.: Luk.16:11 19:8, Jhn.13:32, 18:23, Rev.20:15, al.

2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί: Mat.12:28, Jhn.7:4, Rom.5:17, al.

3. Of an unfulfilled condition, with indic, impf., aor. or plpf., before ἄν, with imp. or aor. (see: ἄν, I, i).

4. C. indic., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: Mrk.15:44, 1Jn.3:13, al.

5. C. indic., as in LXX (Num.14:3o, 1Ki.14:45, al. = Heb. אִם), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis (WM, 627; Burton, §272): Mrk.8:12, Heb.3:11" (LXX) 4:3 (LXX).

6. Rarely (cl.) with optative, to express a merely possible condition: Act.24:19 27:39, 1Co.14:10 15:37, I Pe3:14, 17.

II. Interrogative, if, whether.
1. As in cl., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc.: with indic. pres., Mat.26:63, Mrk.15:36, Act.19:2, 2Co.13:5, al.; fut., Mrk.3:2, Act.8:22, al.; aor., Mrk.15:44, 1Co.1:16, al.; with subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 194), Php.3:12.

2. As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ, Gen.17:17, al.; see WM, 639f.; Viteau, i, 22), in direct questions: Mrk.8:23 (Tr., WH, txt.), Luk.13:23, 22:49, Act.19:2, al.

III. With other particles.
1. εἰ ἄρα, εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μήγε, see: ἄρα, γε.

2. εἰ δὲ καί, but if also: Luk.11:18; but even if, 1Co.4:7, 2Co.4:3 11:16.

3. εἰ δὲ μή, but if not, but if otherwise: Mrk.2:21, 22 Jhn.14:2, Rev.2:5, al.

4. εἰ καί, if even, if also, although: Mrk.14:29, Luk.11:8, 1Co.7:21, 2Co.4:16, Php.2:17, al.

5. καὶ εἰ, even if, see: καί

6. εἰ μή, if not, unless, except, but only: Mat.24:22, Mrk.2:26 6:5, Jhn.9:33, 1Co.7:17 (only), Gal.1:19 (cf. ἐὰν μή, 2:16; see Hort., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή, pleonastic (Bl., §65, 6), 1Co.14:5 15:2, 1Ti.5:19.

7. εἰ μήν = cl. ἦ μήν (M, Pr., 46), in oaths, surely (Eze.33:27, al.): Heb.6:14.

8. εἴ πως, if haply: Act.27:12, Rom.1:10.

9. εἴτε... εἴτε, whether... or; Rom.12:6-8, 1Co.3:22 13:8, al.
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In the Bible

Strong G1535 appears in 29 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • whether24
  • or21
  • be1
  • else1
  • if1

First verses

  1. Romans 12:6
    Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
  2. Romans 12:7
    Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
  3. Romans 12:8
    Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
  4. 1 Corinthians 3:22
    Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
  5. 1 Corinthians 8:5
    For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
  6. 1 Corinthians 10:31
    Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
  7. 1 Corinthians 12:13
    For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
  8. 1 Corinthians 12:26
    And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
  9. 1 Corinthians 13:8
    Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
  10. 1 Corinthians 14:7
    And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
  11. 1 Corinthians 14:27
    If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
  12. 1 Corinthians 15:11
    Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
  13. 2 Corinthians 1:6
    And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
  14. 2 Corinthians 5:9
    Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
  15. 2 Corinthians 5:10
    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
  16. 2 Corinthians 5:13
    For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
  17. 2 Corinthians 8:23
    Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
  18. 2 Corinthians 12:2
    I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
  19. 2 Corinthians 12:3
    And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
  20. Ephesians 6:8
    Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εἴτε,
Doric dialect αἴτε, generally doubled, εἴτε..εἴτε.., Latin sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent; thrice repeated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 606; εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτε.. [prev. author] “OT” 1049; εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 843; εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτ᾽ οὖν.. [prev. author] “Ch.” 683; εἴτε.., εἴτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ οὖν.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 345; εἴτε.., εἴτ᾽ αὖ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 34b; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. [prev. author] “R.” 471d: with Substantives, τὴν εἴθ᾽ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1089d: the first εἴτε)] is sometimes omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀστός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.78; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1403; μύραινά γ᾽, εἴτ᾽ ἔχιδν᾽ ἔφυ [prev. author] “Ch.” 1002; λόγοισιν, εἴτ᾽ ἔργοισιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 517, compare “Tr.” 236)]; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 864a, compare 907d, “Sph.” 224e: the first εἴτε is sometimes replaced by εἰ, as εἰ..εἴτε..,)] Latin utrum..an.., variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35; εἰ.. εἴτε καί.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 768; εἰ..εἴτε μή [prev. author] “Eu.” 468; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.7)]; sometimes ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.349) stands for the second εἴτε, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 896, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277d, “IG” 1.40.5; or for the first, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 178 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 115 (Lyric poetry))]; εἴτε.. εἴτε.., with subjunctive (compare εἰ), variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus ap 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.1.105.)]
II in indirect questions, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.90, etc.; σκοπεῖτε εἴτ᾽ ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτ᾽ εἴτε μή 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.11.)]