Whether
ἤτοιStrong’s G2273ētoi
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Ētoi is the Greek word usually translated “whether”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”
Meaning
Usually translated “whether”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- whether 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἤτοι ētoi · whether
1. = ἦ τοι, now surely, truly, verily , (Iliad by Homer); after ἀλλ᾽ εἰ . ., nevertheless , (Iliad by Homer) 2. = ἤτοι, either in truth , followed by ἤ, or , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. (ML)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “whether” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHETHER, pronoun
or substitute. [Latin The sense seems to be what, or which of two, referring either to persons or to sentences.]
- Which of two.“WHETHER of them twain did the will of his father? /” Matthew 21:31
- Which of two alternatives, expressed by a sentence or the clause of a sentence, and followed by or.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.