εἴ-περ, 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,
1Sa.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 (
Ezk.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.
(AS)
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