- Original: εἰ δὲ μή(γε) - Transliteration: Ei de me(ge) - Phonetic: i deh may'-(gheh) - Definition: 1. otherwise, but if not - Origin: from G1487 , G1161 , and G3361 (sometimes with G1065 added) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Conjunction

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εἰ , conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions. I. Conditional, if; 1. c . indic ., expressing a general assumption; (a) pres.: seq . indic . pres., Mat_11:14 , Rom_8:25 , al. ; seq . imperat., Mar_4:23 ; Mar_9:22 , Joh_15:18 , 1Co_7:9 , al. ; seq . fut . indic ., Luk_16:31 , Rom_8:11 , al. ; seq . pf . or aor. , with negation in apodosis, Mat_12:26 , Rom_4:14 , al. ; similarly, seq . impf ., Luk_17:6 , Joh_8:39 ; seq . quζst., Mat_6:23 Joh_5:47 ; Joh_7:23 ; Joh_8:46 , 1Pe_2:20 ; (b) fut .: Mat_26:33 , 1Pe_2:20 ; (c) pf .: Joh_11:12 , Rom_6:5 , al. ; (d) aor. : Luk_16:11 ; Luk_19:8 , Joh_13:32 ; Joh_18:23 , Rev_20:15 , al. 2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί : Mat_12:28 , Joh_7:4 , Rom_5:17 , al. 3. Of an unfulfilled condition, c . indic . impf ., aor. or plpf ., seq . ἄν , c . imp. or aor. ( see ἄν , I, i). 4. C . indic ., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: Mar_15:44 , 1Jn_3:13 , al. 5. C . indic ., as in LXX ( Num_14:30 , 1Sa_14:45 , al. = Heb . H518 ), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis ( WM , 627; Burton , § 272): Mar_8:12 , Heb_3:11 ( LXX ) Heb_4:3 ( LXX ), 6. Rarely ( cl .) c . optat ., to express a merely possible condition: Act_24:19 ; Act_27:39 , 1Co_14:10 ; 1Co_15:37 , 1Pe_3:14 ; 1Pe_3:17 II. Interrogative, if, whether. 1. As in cl ., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc: c . indic . Pres ., Mat_26:63 , Mar_15:36 , Act_19:2 , 2Co_13:5 , al. ; fut ., Mar_3:2 , Act_8:22 , al. ; aor. , Mar_15:44 , 1Co_1:16 , al. ; c . subjc . aor. ( M , Pr., 194), Php_3:12 . 2. As in LXX ( = Heb . H518 and interrog. δΒ , Gen_17:17 , al. ; v. WM , 639 f .; Viteau , i, 22), in direct questions: Mar_8:23 (Tr., WH , txt .), Luk_13:23 ; Luk_22:49 , Act_19:2 , al. III. With other particles. 1. εἰ ἄρα , εἴγε , εἰ δὲ μήγς , see ἄρα , γε . 2. εἰ δὲ καί , but if also : Luk_11:18 ; but even of, 1Co_4:7 , 2Co_4:3 ; 2Co_11:6 . 3. εἰ δὲ μή , but if not, but if otherwise: Mar_2:21-22 , Joh_14:2 , Rev_2:5 , al. 4. εἰ καί , if even, if also, although: Mar_14:29 , Luk_11:8 , 1Co_7:21 , 2Co_4:16 , Php_2:17 , al. 5. καί εἰ , even if see καί . 6. εἰ μή , if not, unless, except, but only: Mat_24:22 , Mar_2:26 ; Mar_6:5 , Joh_9:33 , 1Co_7:17 (only), Gal_1:19 ( cf. ἐὰν μή , 216; v. Hort ., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή , pleonastic (Bl., § 65, 6), 1Co_14:5 ; 1Co_15:2 , 1Ti_5:19 .. 7. εἰ μήν = cl . ἦ μήν ( M , Pr., 46), in oaths, surely ( Eze_33:27 , al. ): Heb_6:14 . 8. εἴ πως , if haply: Act_27:12 , Rom_1:10 . 9. εἴτε . . . εἴτε , whether . . . or: Rom_12:6-8 , 1Co_3:22 ; 1Co_13:8 , al.

μήγε, see: γε. γε, enclitic postpositive particle, rarer in κοινή than in cl., giving special prominence to the word to which it is attached, distinguishing it as the least or the most important (Thayer, see word), indeed, at least, even (but not always translatable into English); __1. used alone: Luk.11:8 18:5 Rom.8:32. __2. More frequently with other particles: αλλά γε, Luk.24:21, 1Co.9:2; ἄρα γε, Mat.7:20 17:26, Act.17:27; ἆρά γε, Act.8:30; εἴ γε (Rec. εἴγε), 2Co.5:3, Gal.3:4, Eph.3:2 4:21, Col.1:23 (see Meyer, Ellic., on Ga, Eph, ll. with; Lft., on Ga, Col, ll. with); εἰ δὲ μήγε, following an affirmation, Mat.6:1, Luk.10:6 13:9; a negation, Mat.9:17, Luk.5:36, 37 14:32, 2Co.11:16; καί γε (Rec. καίγε, cl. καὶ . . . γε), Luk.19:42 (WH om.), Act.2:18 17:27; καίτοιγε (L καίτοι γε, Tr. καί τοι γε), Jhn.4:2; μενοῦνγε (see see word); μήτι γε, see: μήτι; ὄφελόν, 1Co.4:8. † (AS)