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|astxt=εἰ, conjunctive [[particle]], used in conditions and in [[indirect]] questions. <br /><b class="num">I.</b>Conditional, if;<br /><b class="num">1.</b>c. indic, expressing a [[general]] [[assumption]];<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>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; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>fut.: Mt 26:33, I Pe 2:20; <br /><b class="num">(c)</b>pf.: Jo 11:12, Ro 6:5, al.; <br /><b class="num">(d)</b>aor.: Lk 16:11 19:8, Jo 13:32, 18:23, Re 20:15, al. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>Where the [[assumption]] is [[certain]] = [[ἐπεί]]: Mt 12:28, Jo 7:4, Ro 5:17, al. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>Of an [[unfulfilled]] [[condition]], c. indic, impf., aor. or plpf., seq. ἄν, c. imp. or aor. (v.s. ἄν, I, i). <br /><b class="num">4.</b>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. <br /><b class="num">5.</b>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). <br /><b class="num">6.</b>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. <br /><b class="num">II.</b>Interrogative, if, [[whether]].<br /><b class="num">1.</b>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. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ, Ge 17:17, al.; v. WM, 639f.; Viteau, i, 22), in [[direct]] questions: Mk 8:23 (Tr., WH, txt.), Lk 13:23, 22:49, Ac 19:2, al.<br /><b class="num">III.</b>With [[other]] particles.<br /><b class="num">1.</b>εἰ [[ἄρα]], [[εἴγε]], εἰ δὲ μήγε, v.s. [[ἄρα]], γε. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>εἰ δὲ [[καί]], [[but]] if [[also]]: Lk 11:18; [[but]] [[even]] if, I Co 4:7, II Co 4:3 11:16. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>εἰ δὲ μή, [[but]] if [[not]], [[but]] if [[otherwise]]: Mk 2:21, 22 Jo 14:2, Re 2:5, al. <br /><b class="num">4.</b>[[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. <br /><b class="num">5.</b>καὶ εἰ, [[even]] if, v.s. [[καί]] <br /><b class="num">6.</b>[[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. <br /><b class="num">7.</b>εἰ [[μήν]] = cl. ἦ [[μήν]] (M, Pr., 46), in oaths, [[surely]] (Ez 33:27, al.): He 6:14. <br /><b class="num">8.</b>[[εἴ [[πως]]]], if [[haply]]: Ac 27:12, Ro 1:10. <br /><b class="num">9.</b>[[εἴτε]] . . . [[εἴτε]], [[whether]] . . . or; Ro 12:6-8, I Co 3:22 13:8, al.

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