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Lexicon :: Strong's G2228 - ē

Aa
Transliteration
ē (Key)
Pronunciation
ay
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
mGNT
343x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
357x in 6 unique form(s)
LXX
774x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ḗ, ay; a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:—and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially G2235, G2260, G2273.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 357x

The KJV translates Strong's G2228 in the following manner: or (260x), than (38x), either (8x), or else (5x), nor (5x), not translated (21x), miscellaneous (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 357x
The KJV translates Strong's G2228 in the following manner: or (260x), than (38x), either (8x), or else (5x), nor (5x), not translated (21x), miscellaneous (20x).
  1. either, or, than

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ḗ, ay; a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:—and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially G2235, G2260, G2273.
STRONGS G2228:
, a disjunctive conjunction (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 6). Used
1. to distinguish things or thoughts which either mutually exclude each other, or one of which can take the place of the other: or (Latin aut, vel);
a. to distinguish one thing from another in words of the same construction: Matthew 5:17 (τόν νόμον τούς προφήτας), Matthew 5:36 (λευκήν μέλαιναν); Matthew 6:31; Matthew 7:16; Mark 6:56; Mark 7:11; Luke 2:24; Luke 9:25; John 7:48; John 13:29; Acts 1:7; Acts 3:12; Acts 4:7; Romans 1:21; Romans 3:1; 1 Corinthians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 10:19; Galatians 1:10, etc.
b. after an interrogative or a declarative sentence, before a question designed to prove the same thing in another way: Matthew 7:4, 9; Matthew 12:29; Matthew 16:26; Matthew 26:53; Mark 8:37; Luke 13:4; Luke 14:31; Luke 15:8; Romans 9:21; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 6:16.
c. before a sentence contrary to the one just preceding, to indicate that if one be denied or refuted the other must stand: Matthew 20:15 (i. e. or, if thou wilt not grant this, is thine eye etc.); Romans 3:29; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Corinthians 11:14 (Rec.); 1 Corinthians 14:36; 2 Corinthians 11:7; ἀγνοεῖτε etc., Romans 6:3; Romans 7:1 (cf. Romans 6:14); οὐκ ὀικατε etc., Romans 11:2; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 16, 19.
d. ... , either... or, Matthew 6:24; Matthew 12:33; Luke 16:13; Acts 24:20; 1 Corinthians 14:6.
2. in a disjunctive question it corresponds to the Latin an after utrum;
a. preceded by πότερον, John 7:17; cf. Klotz ad Dev. 2:2, p. 574f; preceded by the interrogative μή, 1 Corinthians 9:8; preceded by μήτι, 2 Corinthians 1:17.
b. without an intertog. particle in the first member of the interrogation: τί ἐστι εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν... εἰπεῖν, Matthew 9:5; Mark 2:9; Luke 5:23; add, Matthew 21:25; Matthew 23:17, 19; Matthew 27:17; Mark 3:4; Luke 7:19; Acts 8:34.
c. ... ... , Mark 13:35.
3. as a comparative conjunction, than;
a. after comparatives: Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22; Luke 9:13; Luke 16:17; John 3:19; John 4:1 (Tr marginal reading omits; WH brackets ); Acts 4:19; Romans 13:11, and often. is lacking after πλείους followed by a noun of number: Matthew 26:53 T Tr WH; Acts 4:22; Acts 23:13, 21; Acts 24:11 (where Rec. adds ); cf. Matthiae, § 455 note 4; Kühner, ii., p. 847; (Jelf, § 780 Obs. 1); Winers Grammar, 595 (554); (Buttmann, 168 (146)); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 410f.
b. after ἕτερον: Acts 17:21.
c. πρίν , before that, before, followed by accusative with an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 35; Winer's Grammar, § 44, 6, also, p. 297 (279)): Matthew 1:18; Mark 14:30; Acts 2:20 R G WH marginal reading; Acts 7:2; followed by the aorist subjunc, Luke 2:26 Tr text omits; WH brackets ; Luke 22:34 R G (others ἕως); followed by present optative, Acts 25:16.
d. after θέλω equivalent to to prefer: 1 Corinthians 14:19 (followed by ἤπερ, 2 Macc. 14:42); examples from Greek authors are given in Klotz ad Devar. 2:2, p. 589f; Winers Grammar, § 35, 2 c.; (Buttmann, § 149, 7); Kühner, ii., p. 841; (Jelf, § 779 Obs. 3).
e. after οὐ: John 13:10 R G, where after οὐ χρείαν ἔχει the sentence goes on as though the writer had said οὐκ ἄλλου τίνος χρείαν ἔχει, (cf. Winers Grammar, 508 (478)).
f. after positive notions, to which in this way a comparative force is given: after καλόν ἐστι (it is good... rather than) equivalent to it is better, Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43, 45, 47; cf. Menander's saying καλόν τό μή ζῆν, ζῆν ἀθλιως, and Plautus rud. 4, 4, 70 tacita mulier est bona semper, quam loquens; similar examples in the O. T. are Genesis 49:12; Psalm 117:8 (Ps. 118:8); Jonah 4:3, 8; Tobit 6:13 Tobit 12:8; Sir. 20:25 Sir. 22:15; 4 Macc. 9:1; also after λυσιτελεῖ (it is gain... rather than) equivalent to it is better (Tobit 3:6), Luke 17:2; after χαρά ἐστι (there will be joy... more than), Luke 15:7; see examples from Greek authors in Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 149, 7; (Buttmann, p. 360 (309)); Winer, Kühner, others, as above.
4. with other particles;
a. ἀλλ' , see ἀλλά, I. 10, p. 28a.
b. γάρ, see γάρ, I. at the end
c. καί (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 6 note),
α. or even, or also (Latin aut etiam, vel etiam): (Matthew 7:10 L T Tr WH); Luke 11:11 G L T Tr WH; Luke 11:12; Luke 18:11; Romans 2:15; 1 Corinthians 16:6; 2 Corinthians 1:13.
β. or also (Latin an etiam) (in a disjunctive question): Luke 12:41; Romans 4:9.
d. ἤπερ, than at all (Latin quam forte; German als etwa), after a comparitive (cf. Jelf, § 779 Obs. 5): John 12:43 (L περ, WH marginal reading ὑπέρ) (2 Macc. 14:42; Homer, Hesiod).
e. ἤτοι... , either indeed (cf. Kühner, § 540, 5)... or: Romans 6:16 (Wis. 11:19; Herodotus and following).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2228 matches the Greek (ē),
which occurs 343 times in 275 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 3 / 6 (Luk 17:7–Act 27:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:7 -

“Which one of you having a servant tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:21 -

“no one will say,[fn] ‘See here! ’ or ‘There! ’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:23 -

“They will say to you, ‘See there! ’ or ‘See here! ’ Don’t follow or run after them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 -

“The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself:[fn] ‘God, I thank you that I’m not like other people ​— ​greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:25 -

“For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:29 -

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:2 -

and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:4 -

“was the baptism of John from heaven or of human origin? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:22 -

“Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:15 -

“for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:27 -

“For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6 -

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained twenty or thirty gallons.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 -

“This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:1 -

When Jesus[fn] learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:27 -

Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do you want? ” or “Why are you talking with her? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:19 -

After they had rowed about three or four miles,[fn] they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:17 -

“If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:48 -

“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him?

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 -

“Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 -

His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:21 -

“But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he’s of age. He will speak for himself.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 -

Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:34 -

Jesus answered, “Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about me? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:7 -

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 -

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:7 -

After they had Peter and John stand before them, they began to question them: “By what power or in what name have you done this? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:19 -

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:34 -

For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 -

Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 -

“So in the present case, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will fail;

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 -

“Brothers and fathers,” he replied, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 -

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth my footstool.

What sort of house will you build for me?

says the Lord,

or what will be my resting place?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:34 -

The eunuch said to Philip, “I ask you, who is the prophet saying this about ​— ​himself or someone else? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 -

Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person impure or unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 -

“ ‘No, Lord! ’ I said. ‘For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21 -

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 -

“Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:14 -

As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or of a serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 -

so that even facecloths or aprons[fn] that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 -

“I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 -

“In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:9 -

The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party got up and argued vehemently, “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him? ”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:29 -

I found out that the accusations were concerning questions of their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or imprisonment.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:12 -

“They didn’t find me arguing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:20 -

“Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:21 -

“other than this one statement I shouted while standing among them, ‘Today I am on trial before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 -

When he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought in.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 -

“I answered them that it is not the Roman custom to give someone up[fn] before the accused faces the accusers and has an opportunity for a defense against the charges.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 -

and when they had left they talked with each other and said, “This man is not doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:11 -

But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.


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