εἰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 εἰ

   ei

   if
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου σκανδαλίζει σε,

   KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se

   and if the eye your causes to stumble you
3. clause🔊 καὶ εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔξελε αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ·

   KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-se-le au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU

   and if the eye your causes to stumble you pluck out it and throw from you
4. sentence🔊 καὶ εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔξελε αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστιν μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ δύο ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρός.

   KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-se-le au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU ka-LON SOI es-tin mo-NOPH-thal-mon eis TÊN zô-ÊN ei-sel-THEIN Ê DY-o oph-thal-MOUS E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TÊN YE-en-nan TOU py-ROS

   and if the eye your causes to stumble you pluck out it and throw from you good for you is one-eyed into the life to enter or two eyes having to be thrown into {the} Gehenna of the fire

Exegesis

The Greek sentence begins with kai {καὶ | kaí} linking this warning to the preceding context, followed by the conditional clause introduced by ei {εἰ | eí} ‘if’.

Root and etymology

basileus🔊 βασιλεύςbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigma

“king, one who rules”

• 🔊 βασιλεύωba-si-leu-ōto reignRomans 5:17
• 🔊 βασιλεύςba-si-leuskingRevelation 1:6