Luke 13:9:8Luke.13.9.W8TAB

εἰ

ei

if

Transliteration
ei
Extended
ei
IPA
/ei/

Meaning by language

English
if

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ei

  2. sentence

    KAN MEN poi-Ê-sêi kar-PON eis to MEL-lon ei de MÊ-ge ek-KOP-seis au-TÊN

Exegesis

The contrasting protasis eî dè mḗge {εἰ δὲ μήγε | eî dè mḗge} ‘but if not at all’ uses intensified negation to underscore failure.

Root and etymology

Rootalpha with smooth breathing–pi–omicron–lambda–lambda–upsilon–mu–iota

to destroy, cause to perish, be lost

In contextLuke 13:9

And if it bears fruit in the future , good; but if not, then after that you will cut it down .

About this coordinate

Luke 13:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 13:9, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.13.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.9.W8.S1) and character.