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Koine Greek wordlink #131941

SR GNT Php 3:11 εἰ (ei) ‘if somehow I may attain to’ Strongs=14870 Lemma=ei
Word role=particle
Year=64 AD

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Other uses (6) of identical word form εἰ (T-···) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘εἰ’ (T-···) has 2 different glosses: ‘if’, ‘¬if’.

Luke 22:49 ‘going_to be they said master ¬if we will_be striking with the sword’ SR GNT Luke 22:49 word 15

OET-LV: 49 And the ones around him having _seen what going _to be, they _said: master, if ˓will˒_we _be _striking with the_sword? (LUK_22:49)

OET-RV: 49 When the other apprentices around Yeshua saw what was about to happen, they asked, “Master, should we attack with our swords?” (LUK 22:49)

Acts 1:6 ‘him saying master ¬if at time this’ SR GNT Acts 1:6 word 11

OET-LV: 6 Therefore indeed the ones having _come _together, were _asking him saying: master, if at the this time, are _you _restoring the kingdom the to _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl)? (ACT_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 So when they were next gathered together, they asked him, “Master, is this now the time when you’ll be restoring the kingdom to Yisrael?” (ACT 1:6)

Acts 8:22 ‘be besought of the master if perhaps will_be_being forgiven to you’ SR GNT Acts 8:22 word 14

OET-LV: 22 Therefore repent of the this evil of _you, and be _besought of _the master if perhaps the intention of _the heart of _you will _be _being _forgiven to _you. (ACT_8:22)

OET-RV: 22 You need to turn away from this evil desire and beg the master that maybe he’ll forgive you for your wrong intentions (ACT 8:22)

Acts 22:25 ‘having stood centurion Paulos ¬if a man Ɽōmaios and’ SR GNT Acts 22:25 word 17

OET-LV: 25 But as they _stretched_ him _out with _the straps, the Paulos said to the centurion having _stood, is _it _permitting to _you _all to _be _flogging if a_man Ɽōmaios and uncondemned? (ACT_22:25)

OET-RV: 25 But as they strapped him down and stretched him out for the flogging, Paul asked the centurion standing there, “It is legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been tried?” (ACT 22:25)

Rom 11:14 ‘¬if somehow I may make_jealous of me’ SR GNT Rom 11:14 word 1

OET-LV: 14 if somehow I _may _make _jealous of _me the flesh, and I _may _save some from them. (ROM_11:14)

OET-RV: 14 hoping that somehow I might make my fellow Jews envious and might save some of them. (ROM 11:14)

1 Cor 7:16 ‘how you have known husband ¬if the wife you will_be saving’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:16 word 15

OET-LV: 16 For/Because how you _have _known, wife, whether the husband you _will _be _saving? Or how you _have _known, husband, if the wife you _will _be _saving? (CO1_7:16)

OET-RV: 16 You see, how do you know, woman, whether you will cause your husband to be saved? Or how do you know, man, whether you will cause your wife to be saved? (CO1 7:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ei’ have 7 different glosses: ‘except’, ‘if’, ‘if it_is’, ‘never’, ‘whether’, ‘¬If’, ‘¬if’.

Key: T=particle