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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2260. ἤπερ (éper) -- "if indeed," "since," "if so be"</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2260.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/19-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2260.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2260</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2259.htm" title="2259">◄</a> 2260. éper <a href="../greek/2261.htm" title="2261">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">éper: "if indeed," "since," "if so be"</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἔπερ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Particle, Disjunctive Particle<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>éper<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>eh'-per<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ay'-per)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>"if indeed," "since," "if so be"<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>than.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek preposition ἐπί (epi, meaning "upon" or "over") and the particle ἄν (an, a conditional particle).<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἔπερ, similar conditional expressions can be found in Hebrew, such as אִם (im, meaning "if") and לוּ (lu, meaning "if only" or "would that").<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek conjunction ἔπερ is used to introduce conditional statements, often emphasizing the certainty or reality of the condition being stated. It is a stronger form of "if," suggesting a condition that is assumed to be true for the sake of argument or discussion. In the New Testament, it is used to affirm the truth of a statement or to introduce a logical conclusion based on a preceding argument.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the context of Koine Greek, which was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean from the time of Alexander the Great until the Byzantine Empire, conjunctions like ἔπερ were used to construct complex sentences and convey nuanced meanings. The use of conditional statements was a common rhetorical device in both philosophical and theological writings, allowing authors to explore hypothetical scenarios and their implications.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>see <a href="/greek/2228.htm">é</a> and <a href="/greek/4007.htm">per</a>. <p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2260: ἤπερ</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἤπερ</span></span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἤ</span></span>, 4 d. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>than. <p>From <a href="/greek/2228.htm">e</a> and <a href="/greek/4007.htm">per</a>; than at all (or than perhaps, than indeed) -- than. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2228.htm">e</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4007.htm">per</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ηπερ ήπερ ἤπερ eper ēper ḗper<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/john/12-43.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 12:43</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Particle">Prtcl</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀνθρώπων μᾶλλον <b>ἤπερ</b> τὴν δόξαν</span><br><a href="/kjvs/john/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of men more <span class="itali">than</span> the praise of God.<br><a href="/interlinear/john/12-43.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of men more <span class="itali">than</span> the glory<p><b><a href="/greek/2260.htm">Strong's Greek 2260</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2260.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/e_per_2260.htm">ἤπερ — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2259.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2259"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2259" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2261.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2261"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2261" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>