ἤ

332 ἤ , disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11); disjunctive, or ; between single words: Mt 5:17 , Mk 6:56 , Lk 2:24 , Jo 6:19 , Ro 1:21 , al.; before a sentence expressing a variation, denial or refutation of a previous statement, freq. in interrog. form: Mt 7:4 , 9 , Mk 12:14 , Lk 13:4 , Ro 3:29 6:3 9:21 , I Co 6:9 , 16 9:6 , II Co 11:7 ; ἢ . . . ἤ , either . . . or , Mt 6:24 , Lk 16:13 , I Co 14:6 ; in a disjunctive question (as Lat. an after utrum ): Mt 9:5 , Mk 2:9 , Lk 7:19 , al.; after πότερον , Jo 7:17 ; μή , I Co 9:8 ; μήτι , II Co 1:17 ; ἢ . . . ἢ . . . ἤ , Mk 13:35 . Comparative, than : after comparatives, Mt 10:15 , Lk 9:13 , Jo 3:19 , Ro 13:11 , al.; after ἕτερον , Ac 17:21 ; θέλω (Khüner 3 , ɪᴠ, 303), I Co 14:19 ; πρὶν ἤ , before , seq. acc. et inf., Mt 1:18 , Mk 14:30 ; after a positive adj. ( Ge 49:12 ; cf. Robertson, Gr. , 661), Mt 18:8 , 9 , Mk 9:43 , 45 , 47 . With other particles: ἀλλ’ ἤ , v.s. ἀλλά ; ἢ γάρ , v.s. γάρ ; ἢ καί , or even , or also , Mt 7:10 , Lk 11:11 , 12 , Ro 2:15 4:9 , al.; ἤτοι . . . ἤ , Ro 6:16 (cf. Wi 11:19 ).