ἤπερ, see: ἤ.
ἤ,
disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl, §36, 12; 77, 11); 1) disjunctive,
or; (a)
between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al; (b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial or refutation of a previous statement, frequently in interrog. form: Mat.7:4, 9 Mrk.12:14, Luk.13:4, Rom.3:29 6:3 9:21, 1Co.6:9, 16 9:6, 2Co.11:7; ἤ. ἤ,
either. or, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, 1Co.14:6; (with)
in a disjunctive question (as Lat. an after utrum): Mat.9:5, Mrk.2:9, Luk.7:19, al; after πότερον, Jhn.7:17; μή, 1Co.9:8; μήτι, 2Co.1:17; ἤ. ἤ. ἤ, Mrk.13:35. 2) Comparative,
than: after comparatives, Mat.10:15, Luk.9:13, Jhn.3:19, Rom.13:11, al; after ἕτερον, Act.17:21; θέλω (Khüner 3, iv, 303), 1Co.14:19; πρὶν ἤ,
before, before accusative and inf, Mat.1:18 Mrk.14:30; after a positive adj. (Gen.49:12; cf. Robertson,
Gr., 661), Mat.18:8, 9 Mrk.9:43, 45 47. 3)
with other particles: ἀλλ᾽ ἤ, see: ἀλλά; ἤ γάρ, see: γάρ; ἢ καί,
or even, or also, Mat.7:10, Luk.11:11, 12 Rom.2:15 4:9, al; ἤτοι. ἤ, Rom.6:16 (cf. Wis.11:19). (
AS)