εἰ

⁺ 119-243-122-170-151=805 Gn 4,14; 8,7.8; 13,9(bis)

if [+ind.] (to express a condition thought of as real or to denote assumptions relating to what has already happened) Gn 4,14; id. [+subj.] Jgs 11,9; that (after verbs of emotion) 2 Mc 14,28 whether [+dir. question] Am 3,3; whether [+indir. question] 2 Kgs 1,2; not (after an oath in a sense equivalent to a neg.)

Ps 94(95),11; certainly not (in aposiopesis) Gn 14,23

εἰ μή verily (in oaths equivalent to an affirm.) 1 Kgs 21,23; εἰ ... ἤ ... whether ... or ... Gn 27,21; εἰ δὲ μή if not, otherwise (after affirm. cl.) Gn 30,1; id. (after neg. cl.) Jb 32,22; εἴ πως if perhaps, if somehow 1 Kgs 21,31; εἰ μήν surely Ez 33,27

*Ex 2,14 εἰ οὕτως is it so ...?-הכן for MT אכן surely; *Ps 50(51), 18 ὅτι εἰ for if ...-ֻלא יכִּ for MT לא יכִּ for do not ..., see also Ps 54(55),13

Cf. COLEMAN 1927, 159-167; CONYBEARE 1905=1980, §99-103; DEISSMANN 1897, 33-36; STERENBERG

1908; →BAUER, W. (sub εἰ; Gn 14,23; Ps 94(95),11)