εἰ

G1487G G:COND

if

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.14:3 o, 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. (AS)