#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, BBG 4th ed. ch. 8, pp. 67–78 (vocab)
- Smyth §2853
Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.