εἰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 εἰ

   ei

   if
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ οὐδὲν εὗρεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον,

   KAI oo-DEN EU-ren en au-TÊ ei MÊ PHYL-la MO-non

   and he found nothing on it if not leaves only
3. clause🔊 καὶ ἰδὼν συκῆν μίαν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτήν, καὶ οὐδὲν εὗρεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῇ·

   KAI i-DÔN sy-KÊN MI-an e-PI TÊS ho-DOO ÊL-then ep au-TÊN KAI oo-DEN EU-ren en au-TÊ ei MÊ PHYL-la MO-non KAI LE-yei au-TÊ

   And having seen a fig tree by the roadside he came to it and he found nothing on it if not leaves only and he says to it
4. sentence🔊 καὶ ἰδὼν συκῆν μίαν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτήν, καὶ οὐδὲν εὗρεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῇ· ⸀Μηκέτι ἐκ σοῦ καρπὸς γένηται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· καὶ ἐξηράνθη παραχρῆμα ἡ συκῆ.

   KAI i-DÔN sy-KÊN MI-an e-PI TÊS ho-DOO ÊL-then ep au-TÊN KAI oo-DEN EU-ren en au-TÊ ei MÊ PHYL-la MO-non KAI LE-yei au-TÊ mê-KE-ti ek SOO kar-POS YE-nê-tai eis TON ai-Ô-na KAI ek-sê-RAN-thê pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma HÊ sy-KÊ

   And having seen a fig tree by the roadside he came to it and he found nothing on it if not leaves only and he says to it No longer fruit may come from you for the age And the fig tree immediately {It} withered

Exegesis

The narrative sequence elthen {ἦλθεν | ēlthén} ‘he came’ and heuren {εὗρεν | heurén} ‘he found’ marks the search, with ouden {οὐδὲν | ou-dén} ‘nothing’ narrowed by the conditional clause ei me phulla monon {εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον | ei mē phú-lla món-on} ‘if not only leaves’.

Root and etymology

apostello🔊 ἀποστέλλωapostello

“to send out with authority”

• 🔊 ἀπόστολοςapostolosapostle, sent oneRomans 1:1