Whether

Usually translated “or”, “whether” and “if”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• or 33
• whether 21
• if 10
• or if 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 1 Corinthians 9
• 2 Corinthians 7
• Romans 3
• Philippians 3
• Colossians 2
• 1 Peter 2

9 books in all.

• Whether (ētoi)
• Whether (poteros)
• If (hen)

• Romans 12:6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
• Romans 12:7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
• Romans 12:8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
• 1 Corinthians 3:22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
• 1 Corinthians 8:5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
• 1 Corinthians 10:31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “whether” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.