Definition

but if not

Etymology

from G1487 (εἰ), G1161 (δέ), and G3361 (μή) (sometimes with G1065 (γέ) added);

Where the KJV renders it

• (or) else
• if (not
• otherwise)
• otherwise

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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