Definition

if not, i.e. unless

Etymology

i.e. G1437 (ἐάν) and G3361 (μή);

Where the KJV renders it

• X before
• but
• except
• if
• no
• (if
• + whosoever) not

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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