Strong’s G1489 · Greek

εἴγε
eíge

Definition

if indeed, seeing that, unless, (with negative) otherwise

Etymology

from G1487 (εἰ) and G1065 (γέ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • if (so be that
  • yet)

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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