εἴ

507 εἰ , conjunctive particle , used in conditions and in indirect questions. Conditional, if ; c. indic., expressing a general assumption; pres.: seq. indic, pres., Mt 11:14 , Ro 8:25 , al.; seq. imperat., Mk 4:23 9:22 , Jo 15:18 , I Co 7:9 , al.; seq. fut. indic., Lk 16:31 , Ro 8:11 , al.; seq. pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, Mt 12:26 , Ro 4:14 , al.; similarly, seq. impf., Lk 17:6 , Jo 8:39 ; seq. quæst., Mt 6:23 , Jo 5:47 7:23 8:46 , I Pe 2:20 ; fut.: Mt 26:33 , I Pe 2:20 ; pf.: Jo 11:12 , Ro 6:5 , al.; aor.: Lk 16:11 19:8 , Jo 13:32 , 18:23 , Re 20:15 , al. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί : Mt 12:28 , Jo 7:4 , Ro 5:17 , al. Of an unfulfilled condition, c. indic, impf., aor. or plpf., seq. ἄν , c. imp. or aor. (v.s. ἄν , I, i). C. indic., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: Mk 15:44 , I Jo 3:13 , al. C. indic., as in LXX ( Nu 14:3o , I Ki 14:45 , al. = Heb. אִם ), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis (WM, 627; Burton, §272): Mk 8:12 , He 3:11 (LXX) 4:3 (LXX) . Rarely (cl.) c. optat., to express a merely possible condition: Ac 24:19 27:39 , I Co 14:10 15:37 , I Pe3:14, 17. Interrogative, if, whether . As in cl., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc.: c. indic. pres., Mt 26:63 , Mk 15:36 , Ac 19:2 , II Co 13:5 , al.; fut., Mk 3:2 , Ac 8:22 , al.; aor., Mk 15:44 , I Co 1:16 , al.; c. subjc. aor. (M, Pr. , 194), Phl 3:12 . As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ , Ge 17:17 , al.; v. WM, 639 f.; Viteau, i, 22), in direct questions: Mk 8:23 (Tr., WH, txt.), Lk 13:23 , 22:49 , Ac 19:2 , al. With other particles. εἰ ἄρα, εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μήγε , v.s. ἄρα, γε . εἰ δὲ καί , but if also : Lk 11:18 ; but even if , I Co 4:7 , II Co 4:3 11:16 . εἰ δὲ μή , but if not, but if otherwise : Mk 2:21 , 22 , Jo 14:2 , Re 2:5 , al. εἰ καί , if even, if also, although : Mk 14:29 , Lk 11:8 , I Co 7:21 , II Co 4:16 , Phl 2:17 , al. καὶ εἰ , even if , v.s. καί εἰ μή , if not, unless, except, but only : Mt 24:22 , Mk 2:26 6:5 , Jo 9:33 , I Co 7:17 ( only ), Ga 1:19 (cf. ἐὰν μή , 2:16 ; v. Hort., Ja. , xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή , pleonastic (Bl., §65, 6), I Co 14:5 15:2 , I Ti 5:19 . εἰ μήν = cl. ἦ μήν (M, Pr. , 46), in oaths, surely ( Ez 33:27 , al.): He 6:14 . εἴ πως , if haply : Ac 27:12 , Ro 1:10 . εἴτε . . . εἴτε , whether . . . or : Ro 12:6-8 , I Co 3:22 13:8 , al.