Quick Definition
than
Strong's Definition
than at all (or than perhaps, than indeed)
Derivation: from G2228 (ἤ) and G4007 (περ);
KJV Usage: than
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἤπερ, see ἤ, 4 d.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἤπερ ēper 1x
strengthened form of ἤ , than, Joh_12:43
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἤπερ , see ἤ G2228 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἤπερ [Etym: ἤ] "than at all, than even", Hom.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἤπερ, see: ἤ.
ἤ,
disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11);
__1. disjunctive, or;
__(a) between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al.;
__(b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial or refutation of a previous statement, frequently in interrog. form: Mat.7:4, 9 Mrk.12:14, Luk.13:4, Rom.3:29 6:3 9:21, 1Co.6:9, 16 9:6, 2Co.11:7; ἤ . . . ἤ, either . . . or, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, 1Co.14:6;
__(with) in a disjunctive question (as Lat. an after utrum): Mat.9:5, Mrk.2:9, Luk.7:19, al.; after πότερον, Jhn.7:17; μή, 1Co.9:8; μήτι, 2Co.1:17; ἤ . . . ἤ . . . ἤ, Mrk.13:35.
__2. Comparative, than: after comparatives, Mat.10:15, Luk.9:13, Jhn.3:19, Rom.13:11, al.; after ἕτερον, Act.17:21; θέλω (Khüner 3, iv, 303), 1Co.14:19; πρὶν ἤ, before, before accusative and inf., Mat.1:18 Mrk.14:30; after a positive adj. (Gen.49:12; cf. Robertson, Gr., 661), Mat.18:8, 9 Mrk.9:43, 45 47.
__3. with other particles: ἀλλ᾽ ἤ, see: ἀλλά; ἤ γάρ, see: γάρ; ἢ καί, or even, or also, Mat.7:10, Luk.11:11, 12 Rom.2:15 4:9, al; ἤτοι . . . ἤ, Rom.6:16 (cf. Wis.11:19).
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