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ἤ , disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11); __1. disjunctive, or ; __(a) between single words : Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56 , Luk.2:24 , Jhn.6:19 , Rom.1:21 , al.; __(b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial or refutation of a previous statement, frequently in interrog. form: Mat.7:4 , 9 Mrk.12:14 , Luk.13:4 , Rom.3:29 6:3 9:21 , 1Co.6:9 , 16 9:6, 2Co.11:7; ἤ . . . ἤ, either . . . or , Mat.6:24 , Luk.16:13 , 1Co.14:6 ; __(with) in a disjunctive question (as Lat. an after utrum): Mat.9:5 , Mrk.2:9 , Luk.7:19 , al.; after πότερον, Jhn.7:17; μή, 1Co.9:8; μήτι, 2Co.1:17; ἤ . . . ἤ . . . ἤ, Mrk.13:35. __2. Comparative, than : after comparatives, Mat.10:15 , Luk.9:13 , Jhn.3:19 , Rom.13:11 , al.; after ἕτερον, Act.17:21; θέλω (Khüner 3, iv, 303), 1Co.14:19; πρὶν ἤ, before , before accusative and inf., Mat.1:18 Mrk.14:30 ; after a positive adj. ( Gen.49:12; cf. Robertson, Gr. , 661), Mat.18:8 , 9 Mrk.9:43, 45 47. __3. with other particles : ἀλλ᾽ ἤ, see: ἀλλά; ἤ γάρ, see: γάρ; ἢ καί, or even, or also , Mat.7:10 , Luk.11:11, 12 Rom.2:15 4:9 , al; ἤτοι . . . ἤ, Rom.6:16 (cf. Wis.11:19 ). (AS)