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Strong's G1535 εἴτε (eite)

Eite means “if too” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1535 — galgal (“wheel”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1535
Language Greek
Linked Usages 34
Books 14

Strong's G1535 Quick Answer

Strong's G1535 εἴτε (eite) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eite (ei'-teh) conj. 1. if too [from G1487 and G5037] It has 34 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include whether. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
eite (ei'-teh) conj. 1. if too [from G1487 and G5037]
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
whether

Meaning and Definition

eite (ei'-teh) conj. 1. if too [from G1487 and G5037] KJV: if, or, whether Root(s): G1487, G5037

Original Word
εἴτε
Transliteration
eite
Derivation
Root: τέ R1: 1487 R2: 5037
Morphology
conjunction

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1535. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

whether

Usage: εἴτε, see: εἰ. εἰ, conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions. __I. Conditional, if; __1. with indic, expressing a general assumption; __(a) pres.: before indic, pres., Mat.11:14, Rom.8:25, al.; before imperat., Mrk.4:23 9:22, Jhn.15:18, 1Co.7:9, al.; before fut. indic., Luk.16:31, Rom.8:11, al.; before pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, Mat.12:26, Rom.4:14, al.; similarly, before impf., Luk.17:6, Jhn.8:39; before quæst., Mat.6:23, Jhn.5:47 7:23 8:46, 1Pe.2:20;

__(b) fut.: Mat.26:33, 1Pe.2:20; __(with) pf.: Jhn.11:12, Rom.6:5, al.; __(d) aor.: Luk.16:11 19:8, Jhn.13:32, 18:23, Rev.20:15, al. __2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί: Mat.12:28, Jhn.7:4, Rom.5:17, al. __3. Of an unfulfilled condition, with indic, impf., aor. or plpf., before ἄν, with imp. or aor. (see: ἄν, I, i). __4. C. indic., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: Mrk.15:44, 1Jn.3:13, al. __5. C. indic., as in LXX (Num.14:3o, 1Ki.14:45, al.

= Heb. אִם), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis (WM, 627; Burton, §272): Mrk.8:12, Heb.3:11" (LXX) 4:3 (LXX). __6. Rarely (cl.) with optative, to express a merely possible condition: Act.24:19 27:39, 1Co.14:10 15:37, I Pe3:14, 17. __II. Interrogative, if, whether. __1. As in cl., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc.: with indic. pres., Mat.26:63, Mrk.15:36, Act.19:2, 2Co.13:5, al.; fut., Mrk.3:2, Act.8:22, al.;

aor., Mrk.15:44, 1Co.1:16, al.; with subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 194), Php.3:12. __2. As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ, Gen.17:17, al.; see WM, 639f.; Viteau, i, 22), in direct questions: Mrk.8:23 (Tr., WH, txt.), Luk.13:23, 22:49, Act.19:2, al. __III. With other particles. __1. εἰ ἄρα, εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μήγε, see: ἄρα, γε. __2. εἰ δὲ καί, but if also: Luk.11:18; but even if, 1Co.4:7, 2Co.4:3 11:16. __3. εἰ δὲ μή, but if not, but if otherwise: Mrk.2:21, 22 Jhn.14:2, Rev.2:5, al. __4.

εἰ καί, if even, if also, although: Mrk.14:29, Luk.11:8, 1Co.7:21, 2Co.4:16, Php.2:17, al. __5. καὶ εἰ, even if, see: καί __6. εἰ μή, if not, unless, except, but only: Mat.24:22, Mrk.2:26 6:5, Jhn.9:33, 1Co.7:17 (only), Gal.1:19 (cf. ἐὰν μή, 2:16; see Hort., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή, pleonastic (Bl., §65, 6), 1Co.14:5 15:2, 1Ti.5:19. __7. εἰ μήν = cl. ἦ μήν (M, Pr., 46), in oaths, surely (Eze.33:27, al.): Heb.6:14. __8. εἴ πως, if haply: Act.27:12, Rom.1:10. __9. εἴτε . . . εἴτε, whether . . . or;

Rom.12:6-8, 1Co.3:22 13:8, al. (AS)

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How Strong's G1535 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eite, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

whether Romans 12:6 25×

How Strong's G1535 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1535 (εἴτε) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1535 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1535 in the New Testament

29 indexed usages in New Testament.

Romans 12:6 KJV

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Romans 12:7 KJV

Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

Romans 12:8 KJV

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Strong's G1535 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Joshua 24:15 Septuagint / Brenton

But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.

Job 9:21 Septuagint / Brenton

For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: But my life is taken away.

Isaiah 30:21 Septuagint / Brenton

and thine ears shall hear the words of them that went after thee to lead thee astray, who say, This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.

Strong's G1535 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 12:45 Septuagint / Brenton

And also in that he perceived that there was great favor laid up for those that died godly, it was a holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin.

Wisdom of Sirach 41:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? There is no inquisition in the grave, Whether thou have lived ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1535.

Joshua 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.
Job 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: But my life is taken away.
Isaiah 30:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thine ears shall hear the words of them that went after thee to lead thee astray, who say, This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.
Romans 12:6 New Testament, KJV
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Romans 12:7 New Testament, KJV
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Romans 12:8 New Testament, KJV
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Corinthians 3:22 New Testament, KJV
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
1 Corinthians 8:5 New Testament, KJV
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
1 Corinthians 10:31 New Testament, KJV
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 12:13 New Testament, KJV
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:26 New Testament, KJV
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 13:8 New Testament, KJV
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Corinthians 14:7 New Testament, KJV
And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
1 Corinthians 14:27 New Testament, KJV
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
1 Corinthians 15:11 New Testament, KJV
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
2 Corinthians 1:6 New Testament, KJV
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
2 Corinthians 5:9 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
2 Corinthians 5:10 New Testament, KJV
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:13 New Testament, KJV
For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
2 Corinthians 8:23 New Testament, KJV
Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:2 New Testament, KJV
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
2 Corinthians 12:3 New Testament, KJV
And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
Ephesians 6:8 New Testament, KJV
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Philippians 1:18 New Testament, KJV
What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Philippians 1:20 New Testament, KJV
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Philippians 1:27 New Testament, KJV
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Colossians 1:16 New Testament, KJV
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Colossians 1:20 New Testament, KJV
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
1 Thessalonians 5:10 New Testament, KJV
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 New Testament, KJV
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
1 Peter 2:13 New Testament, KJV
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter 2:14 New Testament, KJV
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
2 Maccabees 12:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And also in that he perceived that there was great favor laid up for those that died godly, it was a holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin.
Wisdom of Sirach 41:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? There is no inquisition in the grave, Whether thou have lived ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1535, grouped by book.

Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 9 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 7 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 3 usages, New Testament
Colossians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 2 usages, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1535 FAQ

What does eite (εἴτε) mean?

Eite (Strong's G1535) is a Greek word most simply glossed "if too". eite (ei'-teh) conj. 1. if too [from G1487 and G5037]

How many times is eite (εἴτε) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G1535 across 14 books.

Where can I study eite (εἴτε) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1535 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate eite (εἴτε)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as whether. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1535 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1535, with linked reader references where each row is available.