#51 · 343× in the NT · conjunction

ἤ

or, than

History

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In the NT

  • Ἠλίας εἶ ἢ ὁ προφήτης

    are you Elijah, or the prophet?

    John 1:25 · dictionary form

  • μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας

    do not think that I came to abolish the law or the prophets

    Matt 5:17

  • ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει

    for either he will hate the one and love the other

    Matt 6:24

Morphology

Disjunctive / comparative conjunction · indeclinable

A or B; after a comparative, 'than'. Double ἤ … ἤ = either … or.

‘Or’; after a comparative, ‘than’. ἤ … ἤ = either … or. Indeclinable.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.