Greek semantic word

εἰ

Transliteration: ei

6 lexical sense(s); 518 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: if

a marker of a condition, real or hypothetical, actual or contrary to fact

Semantic domains for this sense

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001511-01
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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273 (273 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: since, because

a marker of cause or reason on the basis that an actual case is regarded formally as a supposition

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001511-02
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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23 (23 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 3: whether, if, that

a marker of an indirect question as content

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001511-03
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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38 (38 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 4: except that, but, however, instead, but only

a marker of contrast by designating an exception

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001511-04
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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77 (77 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 5: surely, certainly

a marker of considerable emphasis (in comparison with δήπου[b], semantic domain 91.7)

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001511-05
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 6: probably

(an idiom, literally: if it should happen) a marker of a degree of probability

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001511-06
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Related words and biblical concepts

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Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001511
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1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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