For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
ἤ
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Gloss:
or; (in a series) either...or; (in comparison) than
Definition:
can function as a conj (298t), either, or, Mt. 6:24; after comparatives, and ἄλλος, ἕτερος, expressed or implied, than, Mt. 10:15; 18:8; Acts 17:21; 24:21; intensive after ἀλλά and πριν, Lk. 12:51; Mt. 1:18; it also serves to point an interrogation, Rom. 3:29
Greek-English Concordance for ἤ
1 Corinthians 12:21 | The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor (ē | ἤ | conj) again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” |
1 Corinthians 13:1 | If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or (ē | ἤ | conj) a clanging cymbal. |
1 Corinthians 14:5 | Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than (ē | ἤ | particle) the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may receive edification. |
1 Corinthians 14:6 | But as it is, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I impart to you some (ē | ἤ | conj) revelation or (ē | ἤ | conj) knowledge or (ē | ἤ | conj) prophecy or (ē | ἤ | conj) teaching? |
1 Corinthians 14:7 | It is the same with lifeless things that produce sound, whether flute or harp; if they do not make a difference between notes, how will what is being played on the flute or (ē | ἤ | conj) the harp be understood? |
1 Corinthians 14:19 | however, in church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so as to instruct others also, than (ē | ἤ | particle) ten thousand words in a tongue. |
1 Corinthians 14:23 | So if the whole church assembles in the same place and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or (ē | ἤ | conj) unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds? |
1 Corinthians 14:24 | But if all are prophesying, and an unbeliever or (ē | ἤ | conj) outsider comes in, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, |
1 Corinthians 14:27 | If any speak in a tongue, it should be only two, or (ē | ἤ | conj) at the most three, and each in turn; and someone must interpret. |
1 Corinthians 14:29 | Two or (ē | ἤ | conj) three should speak as prophets and others should weigh carefully what is said. |
1 Corinthians 14:36 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) did the word of God originate with you? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) did it come to you alone? |
1 Corinthians 14:37 | If anyone considers himself to be a prophet or (ē | ἤ | conj) spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. |
1 Corinthians 15:37 | And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or (ē | ἤ | conj) something else. |
1 Corinthians 16:6 | and it may be that I will stay awhile with you, or (ē | ἤ | conj) even spend the winter, so that you can help me continue my journey, wherever I go. |
2 Corinthians 1:13 | Now we are not writing you anything other than (ē | ἤ | particle) what you can read and (ē | ἤ | conj) also understand. But I hope that you will understand fully, |
2 Corinthians 1:17 | Therefore when I was planning this, I was not capricious, was I? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, so that with me it would be “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? |
2 Corinthians 3:1 | Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? We do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or (ē | ἤ | conj) from you, do we? |
2 Corinthians 6:14 | Do not be unevenly yoked with unbelievers; for what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) what fellowship has light with darkness? |
2 Corinthians 6:15 | What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? |
2 Corinthians 9:7 | Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly nor (ē | ἤ | conj) under constraint, for it is the cheerful giver whom God loves. |
2 Corinthians 10:12 | For we would not dare to classify or (ē | ἤ | conj) compare ourselves with some of those who are recommending themselves. Rather, when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves by themselves, they are without understanding. |
2 Corinthians 11:4 | For if one comes and proclaims a different Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or (ē | ἤ | conj) if you welcome a different spirit which you did not welcome, or (ē | ἤ | conj) a different gospel which you did not welcome, you put up with it easily. |
2 Corinthians 11:7 | Or (ē | ἤ | conj) did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you without a charge? |
2 Corinthians 12:6 | For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or (ē | ἤ | conj) he hears from me, |
2 Corinthians 13:5 | Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or (ē | ἤ | conj) do you not realize about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? — unless, of course, you fail the test! |
Galatians 1:8 | But even if we, or (ē | ἤ | conj) an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel at odds with the one we already preached to you, let him be accursed. |
Galatians 1:10 | For am I now seeking the approval of men, or (ē | ἤ | conj) of God? Or (ē | ἤ | conj) am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. |
Galatians 2:2 | I went up in response to a revelation and laid out before them — though privately before the acknowledged leaders — the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, lest somehow I was running, or (ē | ἤ | conj) had run, in vain. |
Galatians 3:2 | Only this I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or (ē | ἤ | conj) by hearing with faith? |
Galatians 3:5 | So does the one who gives you the Spirit and works miracles among you do it by works of the law, or (ē | ἤ | conj) by hearing with faith? |
Galatians 3:15 | To speak in human terms, brothers: even though a covenant is one made by man, yet when it has been ratified, no one can set it aside or (ē | ἤ | conj) add anything to it. |
Galatians 4:27 | For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren woman, you who bear no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in the pain of childbirth! For the children of the desolate will be more in number than (ē | ἤ | particle) those of the woman who has a husband. |
Ephesians 3:20 | Now to the one who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or (ē | ἤ | conj) imagine, according to the power that is working within us, |
Ephesians 5:3 | But sexual immorality and every kind of impurity or (ē | ἤ | conj) covetousness must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among the saints; |
Ephesians 5:4 | nor obscenity, foolish talk, or (ē | ἤ | conj) coarse joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving. |
Ephesians 5:5 | For you may sure of this, that no fornicator or (ē | ἤ | conj) impure or (ē | ἤ | conj) covetous person (such a one is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. |
Ephesians 5:27 | so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, not having spot or (ē | ἤ | conj) wrinkle or (ē | ἤ | conj) any such thing, but that she might be holy and without blemish. |
Philippians 3:12 | Not that I have already obtained all this or (ē | ἤ | conj) have already reached my goal, but I press on in order to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own. |
Colossians 2:16 | Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food and drink, or (ē | ἤ | conj) in regard to a religious festival, a new moon, or (ē | ἤ | conj) a Sabbath day. |
Colossians 3:17 | And whatever you do in word or (ē | ἤ | conj) deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
1 Thessalonians 2:19 | For what is our hope, or (ē | ἤ | conj) joy, or (ē | ἤ | conj) crown of rejoicing before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not indeed you? |
2 Thessalonians 2:4 | who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or (ē | ἤ | conj) object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God. |
1 Timothy 1:4 | or to devote themselves to endless myths and genealogies, endless which produce speculations produce rather than (ē | ἤ | particle) the stewardship from God which is by faith. |
1 Timothy 2:9 | Likewise, I also desire that the women should adorn themselves in respectable attire, with modesty and moderation, not with braided hair and gold or (ē | ἤ | conj) pearls or (ē | ἤ | conj) costly clothing, |
1 Timothy 5:4 | But if a certain widow has children or (ē | ἤ | conj) grandchildren, let them learn to show godliness first to their own household and to make some return to their parents; for this is pleasing before God. |
1 Timothy 5:19 | Do not accept an accusation against an elder, except on the evidence of two or (ē | ἤ | conj) three witnesses. |
2 Timothy 3:4 | treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than (ē | ἤ | particle) loving God, |
Titus 1:6 | if anyone is above reproach, a man of one woman, having believing children, not open to the charge of debauchery or (ē | ἤ | conj) being rebellious. |
Titus 3:12 | When I send Artemas to you or (ē | ἤ | conj) Tychicus, do your best to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there. |
Philemon 1:18 | If he has wronged you or (ē | ἤ | conj) owes you anything, charge that to my account — |