appearance, face, Mat 28:3
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εἰ ,
conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions.
I. Conditional, if;
1. c . indic ., expressing a general assumption;
(a) pres.: seq . indic . pres., Mat 11:14, Re 8:25, al. ; seq . imperat., Mar 4:23; Mar 9:22, Joh 15:18 , 1Co 7:9, al. ; seq . fut . indic ., Luk 16:31, Rom 8:11, al. ; seq . pf . or aor. , with negation in apodosis, Mat 12:26, Rom 4:14, al. ; similarly, seq . impf ., Luk 17:6, Joh 8:39; seq . quæst., Mat 6:23 Joh 5:47 ; Joh 7:23; Joh 8:46 , 1Pe 2:20;
(b) fut .: Mat 26:33 , 1Pe 2:20;
( c ) pf .: Joh 11:12, Rom 6:5, al. ;
(d) aor. : Luk 16:11; Luk 19:8, Joh 13:32; Joh 18:23, Rev 20:15, al.
2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί : Mat 12:28, Joh 7:4, Rom 5:17, al.
3. Of an unfulfilled condition, c . indic . impf ., aor. or plpf ., seq . ἄν , c . 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: Mar 15:44, 1Jn 3:13, al.
5. C . indic ., as in LXX (Num 14:30, 1Sa 14:45, al. = Heb . H518), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis ( WM , 627; Burton , § 272): Mar 8:12, Heb 3:11 ( LXX ) Heb 4:3 ( LXX ),
6. Rarely ( cl .) c . optat ., to express a merely possible condition: Act 24:19; Act 27:39, 1Co 14:10 ; 1Co 15:37, 1Pe 3:14; 1Pe 3:17
II. Interrogative, if, whether.
1. As in cl ., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc: c . indic . Pres ., Mat 26:63, Mar 15:36, Act 19:2 , 2Co 13:5, al. ; fut ., Mar 3:2, Act 8:22, al. ; aor. , Mar 15:44 , 1Co 1:16, al. ; c . subjc . aor. ( M , Pr., 194), Php 3:12.
2. As in LXX ( = Heb . H518 and interrog. הֲ , Gen 17:17, al. ; v. WM , 639 f .; Viteau , i, 22), in direct questions: Mar 8:23 (Tr., WH , txt .), Luk 13:23; Luk 22:49, Act 19:2, al.
III. With other particles.
1. εἰ ἄρα , εἴγε , εἰ δὲ μήγ s, see ἄρα , γε .
2. εἰ δὲ καί , but if also: Luk 11:18; but even of, 1Co 4:7, 2Co 4:3; 2Co 11:6.
3. εἰ δὲ μή , but if not, but if otherwise: Mar 2:21-22, Joh 14:2, Rev 2:5, al.
4. εἰ καί , if even, if also, although: Mar 14:29, Luk 11:8, 1Co 7:21 , 2Co 4:16, Php 2:17, al.
5. καί εἰ , even if see καί .
6. εἰ μή , if not, unless, except, but only: Mat 24:22, Mar 2:26; Mar 6:5, Joh 9:33 , 1Co 7:17 (only), Gal 1:19 ( cf. ἐὰν μή , 216; v. Hort ., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή , pleonastic (Bl., § 65, 6), 1Co 14:5; 1Co 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 ; 1Co 13:8, al.