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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: 1508. εἰ (ei mé) -- except, unless, if not</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1508.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/mark/10-24.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/1508.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> > 1508</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/1507.htm" title="1507">◄</a> 1508. ei mé <a href="../greek/1509.htm" title="1509">►</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">ei mé: except, unless, if not</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">εἰ μή</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Conjunction<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ei mé<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ay may<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(i may)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>except, unless, if not<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>if not<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A combination of the Greek words εἰ (ei, "if") and μή (mé, "not").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often involves conditional or exception phrases, such as בִּלְתִּי (bilti, "except") or אִם לֹא (im lo, "if not").<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek conjunction "εἰ μή" is used to express exceptions or conditions. It is often translated as "except," "unless," or "if not" in English. This phrase is used to denote a condition that must be met for a statement to be true or to highlight an exception to a general rule.<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 "εἰ μή" were crucial for constructing complex sentences and expressing nuanced ideas. The use of "εἰ μή" in the New Testament reflects the logical and rhetorical style of the period, where conditional statements were often used to teach moral and theological truths.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1508</b> <i>ei mḗ</i> (from <a href="/greek/1487.htm">1487</a> <i>/ei</i>, "if" and <a href="/greek/3361.htm">3361</a> <i>/mḗ</i>, "not") – properly, <i>if not</i> (<i>unless</i>). <a href="/greek/1508.htm">1508</a> (<i>ei mḗ</i>) views (assumes as) what precedes is <i>fact</i>, and extends it to its negative possibility or exception meaning "<i>otherwise</i>, <i>unless</i>." </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1487.htm">ei</a> and <a href="/greek/3361.htm">mé</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>if not<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>except (40), except* (1), more than (1), unless (1).<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">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>but, except that, if not, save only. <p>From <a href="/greek/1487.htm">ei</a> and <a href="/greek/3361.htm">me</a>; if not -- but, except (that), if not, more than, save (only) that, saving, till. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1487.htm">ei</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3361.htm">me</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ει ειμή<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><a href="/greek/eikosi_1501.htm">εἴκοσι — 11 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eixamen_1502.htm">εἴξαμεν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eoiken_1503.htm">ἔοικεν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eiko_n_1504.htm">εἰκὼν — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eikona_1504.htm">εἰκόνα — 10 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eikoni_1504.htm">εἰκόνι — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eikonos_1504.htm">εἰκόνος — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eilikrineia_1505.htm">εἰλικρινείᾳ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eilikrineias_1505.htm">εἰλικρινείας — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eilikrine__1506.htm">εἰλικρινῆ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e__1510.htm">ᾖ — 43 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_me_n_1510.htm">ἤμην — 15 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_men_1510.htm">ἦμεν — 8 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_metha_1510.htm">ἤμεθα — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_n_1510.htm">ἦν — 315 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_s_1510.htm">ἦς — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_san_1510.htm">ἦσαν — 95 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_stha_1510.htm">ἦσθα — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_te_1510.htm">ἦτε — 19 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_to__1510.htm">ἤτω — 2 Occ.</a><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'; 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