ἢ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἢ

   ê

   or
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ Ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς ἢ τίς σοι ἔδωκεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἵνα ταῦτα ποιῇς

   KAI E-le-gon au-TOI en POI-a ek-sou-SI-a TAU-ta poi-EIS ê TIS soi E-do-ken tên ek-sou-SI-an TAU-tên HI-na TAU-ta poi-ÊIS

   and they were saying to him in what kind of authority these things you do or who to you gave the authority this that these things you do

Exegesis

The coordinating conjunction ē {ἢ | ē} ‘or’ introduces the second question, ē tis soi edōken tēn exousian tautēn {ἢ τίς σοι ἔδωκεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην | ē tís soi é-dō-ken tḕn ex-ou-sí-an taú-tēn} ‘or who gave you this authority’, with the aorist edōken indicating a decisive granting event.

Root and etymology

mathētēs🔊 μαθητήςmu–alpha–theta–eta–tau–eta–sigma

“to learn, study”

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• 🔊 μαθήτριαmu–alpha–theta–eta–tau–rho–iota–alphafemale discipleActs 9:36