conjunction
eite
Strong’sG1535
and if, whether
stem eite-65 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
εἴτε means "whether" or "if", used to introduce alternative possibilities 1234. It is most often doubled, as "εἴτε...εἴτε...", meaning "whether...or..." / "either...or...", presenting two cases as equally possible or equivalent 3. It is formed from the words for "if" and "and/also" 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
εἴτε, v.s. εἰ.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1535 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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, Refs 5th c.BC+ is sometimes omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀστός Refs 5th c.BC+; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται Refs 5th c.BC+ Latin utrum..an.., variant in Refs 5th c.BC+; sometimes ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. variant in Refs 8th c.BC+; εἴτε.. εἴτε.., with subjunctive (compare εἰ), variant in Refs 4th c.BC+
II in indirect questions, Refs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
65 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Romans 12:6… tan charitan tan dōirantan ni diaforeim, eite profēteian kata tan analogian tau pistiau,… according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him …
Romans 12:7eite diakonian en ta diakonia, eite tos …if it is serving, let him serve …
Romans 12:7eite diakonian en ta diakonia, eite tos didaskarōntos en ta didaskalia,… it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;
Romans 12:8eite tos parakalarōntos en ta paraklēsia, tos …… it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give …
1 Corinthians 3:22eite Paulos eite Apollos eite Kēfos eite …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or …
1 Corinthians 3:22eite Paulos eite Apollos eite Kēfos eite kosmos eite …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world …
1 Corinthians 3:22eite Paulos eite Apollos eite Kēfos eite kosmos eite zōas eite …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life …
1 Corinthians 3:22eite Paulos eite Apollos eite Kēfos eite kosmos eite zōas eite thanatos eite …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death …
1 Corinthians 3:22… eite Apollos eite Kēfos eite kosmos eite zōas eite thanatos eite enstēarēnteim eite …… Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present …
1 Corinthians 3:22… eite Kēfos eite kosmos eite zōas eite thanatos eite enstēarēnteim eite mellarōnteim, panteim …… Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the …
1 Corinthians 3:22… eite kosmos eite zōas eite thanatos eite enstēarēnteim eite mellarōnteim, panteim vu,… the world or life or death or the present or the future. All …
1 Corinthians 3:22… eite zōas eite thanatos eite enstēarēnteim eite mellarōnteim, panteim vu,… life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong …
1 Corinthians 8:5kai gar eiper alō legorōntois theois eite en ourano eite epi gēau, hōsper …… even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as …
1 Corinthians 8:5… alō legorōntois theois eite en ourano eite epi gēau, hōsper alō theois pollois …… are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many …
1 Corinthians 10:31Eite oun esthiavō eite pinavō eite tinem poiavō, panteim eis …So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do …
1 Corinthians 10:31Eite oun esthiavō eite pinavō eite tinem poiavō, panteim eis doxan theou …So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all …
1 Corinthians 12:13… nis pantois eis henem sōmem baptizina, eite Ioudaiois eite Hellēnois, eite doulois eite …… were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free …
1 Corinthians 12:13… eis henem sōmem baptizina, eite Ioudaiois eite Hellēnois, eite doulois eite eleutherois, kai …… baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we …
1 Corinthians 12:13“whether”… sōmem baptizina, eite Ioudaiois eite Hellēnois, eite doulois eite eleutherois, kai pantois henem …… were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to …
1 Corinthians 12:13… eite Ioudaiois eite Hellēnois, eite doulois eite eleutherois, kai pantois henem pneumem potizina.… body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given …
1 Corinthians 12:26kai eite paschatō henem melem, sumpaschatō panteim teim …If one part suffers, every part suffers …
1 Corinthians 12:26… henem melem, sumpaschatō panteim teim meleim; eite doxazotō melem, sunchairatō panteim teim meleim.… suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part …
1 Corinthians 13:8“as for”Tas agapas oudepote piptatō. eite de profēteiais, katargili; eite glōssais, paueli; …Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will …
1 Corinthians 13:8“as for”… oudepote piptatō. eite de profēteiais, katargili; eite glōssais, paueli; eite gnōsias, katargiti.Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will …
1 Corinthians 13:8“as for”… de profēteiais, katargili; eite glōssais, paueli; eite gnōsias, katargiti.… never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will …
1 Corinthians 14:7“whether”homōs teim apsucheim fōnan dōarōnteim, eite aulos eite kitharas, ean diastolan toi …Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are …
1 Corinthians 14:7… teim apsucheim fōnan dōarōnteim, eite aulos eite kitharas, ean diastolan toi fthongoi mē …… lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the …
1 Corinthians 14:27eite glōssa tinos lalatō, kata duo ē …If anyone speaks in a tongue, two …
1 Corinthians 15:11eite oun mis eite ekeinois, houtōs kērussanō …Whether, then, it was I or they …
1 Corinthians 15:11eite oun mis eite ekeinois, houtōs kērussanō kai houtōs pisteuava.Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach …
2 Corinthians 1:6eite de thlibonō, huper tau vu paraklēsiau …If we are afflicted, it is for …
2 Corinthians 1:6… huper tau vu paraklēsiau kai sōtērēau; eite parakalonō, huper tau vu paraklēsiau tau …… is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for …
2 Corinthians 5:9dio kai filotimonō, eite endēmarōntois eite ekdēmarōntois, euarestois auto arō.So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this …
2 Corinthians 5:9dio kai filotimonō, eite endēmarōntois eite ekdēmarōntois, euarestois auto arō.… are at home in this body or away from it.
2 Corinthians 5:10… dia teu sōmeu pros heim prassata, eite agathem eite faulem.… the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:10… sōmeu pros heim prassata, eite agathem eite faulem.… done in the body, whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:13eite gar ekstēana, theo; eite sōfronanō, vi.… our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it …
2 Corinthians 5:13eite gar ekstēana, theo; eite sōfronanō, vi.If we are out of our mind …
2 Corinthians 8:23“if”eite huper Titou, koinōnos ēmos kai eis …As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers …
2 Corinthians 8:23… koinōnos ēmos kai eis vin sunergos; eite adelfois nu, apostolois ekklēsaiu, doxas Christou.… partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of …
2 Corinthians 12:2… anthrōpon en Christo pro eteiu dekatessares eite en sōme ouk oidamē, eite ektos …… caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or …
2 Corinthians 12:2… dekatessares eite en sōme ouk oidamē, eite ektos teu sōmeu ouk oidamē, tos …… Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not …
2 Corinthians 12:3kai oidamē ton toiouton anthrōpon eite en sōme eite chōris teu sōmeu …And I know that this man— whether in the body or out of …
2 Corinthians 12:3… ton toiouton anthrōpon eite en sōme eite chōris teu sōmeu ouk oidamē, tos …… this man— whether in the body or out of it I do not …
Ephesians 6:8… poiateia agathem, houtem komizeti para kuriou, eite doulos eite eleutheros.… one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
Ephesians 6:8… houtem komizeti para kuriou, eite doulos eite eleutheros.… he does, whether he is slave or free.
Philippians 1:18tinem gar? plēn hoti panto tropo, eite profasia eite alētheia, Christos katangelotō, kai …… Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ …
Philippians 1:18… plēn hoti panto tropo, eite profasia eite alētheia, Christos katangelotō, kai en houte …… every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in …
Philippians 1:20… megaluniti Christos en te sōme mu, eite dia zōau eite dia thanatou.… will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philippians 1:20… te sōme mu, eite dia zōau eite dia thanatou.… in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philippians 1:27… teu euangelieu tou Christou politeuovōr, hina eite ercharantos kai horarantos vin eite apeiarōntos …… of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or …
Philippians 1:27… hina eite ercharantos kai horarantos vin eite apeiarōntos akouameiō teim peri vu, hoti …… whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my …
Colossians 1:16… gēau, teim horateim kai teim aorateim, eite thronois eite kuriotais eite archais eite …… and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or …
Colossians 1:16… horateim kai teim aorateim, eite thronois eite kuriotais eite archais eite exousiais; teim …… earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All …
Colossians 1:16… teim aorateim, eite thronois eite kuriotais eite archais eite exousiais; teim panteim dia …… and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were …
Colossians 1:16… eite thronois eite kuriotais eite archais eite exousiais; teim panteim dia autou kai …… whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through …
Colossians 1:20… haimeu tou staurou autou, dia autou eite teim epi tau gēau eite teim …… to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in …
Colossians 1:20… autou eite teim epi tau gēau eite teim en toi ouranoi;… all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace …
1 Thessalonians 5:10tou apothnēskarantou peri nu hina eite grēgoraneiō eite katheudaneiō hama sun auto …He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we …
1 Thessalonians 5:10… apothnēskarantou peri nu hina eite grēgoraneiō eite katheudaneiō hama sun auto zōaneia.… so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with …
2 Thessalonians 2:15… kai kratavōr tain paradosiain hain didaskiva eite dia logou eite dia epistolau nu.… to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
2 Thessalonians 2:15… paradosiain hain didaskiva eite dia logou eite dia epistolau nu.… we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
1 Peter 2:13… panta anthrōpina ktisia dia ton kurion; eite basilevo hōs huperecharōnto,… Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme …
1 Peter 2:14eite hēgemonoi hōs dia autou pemporōntoi eis …or to governors as those sent by …
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1 Corinthians 10:31Eite oun esthiavō eite pinavō eite tinem …So whether you eat or drink or whatever …