Lexical Definition
εἴτε eíte (i'-teh) whether G:COND
from εἰ and τέ
if, or, whether.
- if too
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| εἴτε | if | Rom.12.6 • 1Cor.12.26 • 1Cor.12.26 • 1Cor.13.8 • 1Cor.13.8 • 1Cor.13.8 • 1Cor.14.27 • 2Cor.1.6 • 2Cor.1.6 • 2Cor.5.13 |
| or | Rom.12.7 • Rom.12.7 • Rom.12.8 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.8.5 • 1Cor.10.31 • 1Cor.10.31 • 1Cor.12.13 • 1Cor.12.13 • 1Cor.14.7 • 1Cor.15.11 • 2Cor.5.9 • 2Cor.5.10 • 2Cor.8.23 • 2Cor.12.2 • 2Cor.12.3 • Eph.6.8 • Phil.1.18 • Phil.1.20 • Phil.1.27 • Col.1.16 • Col.1.16 • Col.1.16 • Col.1.20 • 1Thess.5.10 • 2Thess.2.15 • 1Pet.2.14 | |
| or if | 2Cor.5.13 | |
| whether | 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.8.5 • 1Cor.10.31 • 1Cor.12.13 • 1Cor.12.13 • 1Cor.14.7 • 1Cor.15.11 • 2Cor.5.9 • 2Cor.5.10 • 2Cor.8.23 • 2Cor.12.2 • 2Cor.12.3 • Eph.6.8 • Phil.1.18 • Phil.1.20 • Phil.1.27 • Col.1.16 • Col.1.20 • 1Thess.5.10 • 2Thess.2.15 • 1Pet.2.13 | |
| ειτε | whether | LXX.Josh.24.15 |
| είτε | For whether | LXX.Job.9.21 |
| or whether | LXX.Josh.24.15 • LXX.Ruth.3.10 | |
| whether | LXX.Ruth.3.10 • LXX.Isa.30.21 • LXX.Isa.30.21 |
Abbott-Smith
εἴτε, v.s. εἰ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones
εἴτε,
Doric dialect αἴτε, generally doubled, εἴτε..εἴτε.., Latin sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent; thrice repeated, [εἴτε.. [prev. author] “OT” 1049; εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 843; εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτ᾽ οὖν.. [prev. author] “Ch.” 683; εἴτε.., εἴτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ οὖν.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 345; εἴτε.., εἴτ᾽ αὖ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 34b; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. [prev. author] “R.” 471d: with Substantives, τὴν εἴθ᾽ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1089d: the first εἴτε">Refs 5th c.BC+] is sometimes omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀστός [εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1403; μύραινά γ᾽, εἴτ᾽ ἔχιδν᾽ ἔφυ [prev. author] “Ch.” 1002; λόγοισιν, εἴτ᾽ ἔργοισιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 517, compare “Tr.” 236 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται [εἴτε is sometimes replaced by εἰ, as εἰ..εἴτε..,">Refs 5th c.BC+] Latin utrum..an.., variant in [εἴτε καί.. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 768; εἰ..εἴτε μή [prev. author] “Eu.” 468; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.7 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. variant in [εἴτε, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 896, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277d, “IG” 1.40.5; or for the first, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 178 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 115 (Lyric poetry) ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴτε.. εἴτε.., with subjunctive (compare εἰ), variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II in indirect questions, [εἴτε μή 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.11. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]