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εἰ μή G1508
G1508 is the Greek word εἰ μή, transliterated ei mḗ. The King James Version most often renders it but.
What it means
if not.
Where it comes from
from G1487 (εἰ) and G3361 (μή).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 94 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: but, except (that), if not, more than, save (only) that, saving, till.
Verses using εἰ μή
The first 40 of 87 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 5:13 · KJV
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Matthew 11:27 · KJV
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Matthew 12:4 · KJV
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
Matthew 12:24 · KJV
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew 12:39 · KJV
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Matthew 13:57 · KJV
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Matthew 14:17 · KJV
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Matthew 15:24 · KJV
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 16:4 · KJV
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 17:8 · KJV
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
Matthew 17:21 · KJV
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew 19:9 · KJV
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Matthew 19:17 · KJV
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew 21:19 · KJV
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 24:22 · KJV
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Matthew 24:36 · KJV
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Mark 2:7 · KJV
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark 2:26 · KJV
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Mark 5:37 · KJV
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
Mark 6:4 · KJV
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Mark 6:5 · KJV
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
Mark 6:8 · KJV
And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Mark 8:14 · KJV
Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Mark 9:9 · KJV
And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
Mark 9:29 · KJV
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Mark 10:18 · KJV
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mark 11:13 · KJV
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Mark 13:20 · KJV
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Mark 13:32 · KJV
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Luke 4:26 · KJV
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Luke 4:27 · KJV
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Luke 5:21 · KJV
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Luke 6:4 · KJV
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Luke 8:51 · KJV
And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
Luke 10:22 · KJV
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Luke 11:29 · KJV
And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Luke 17:18 · KJV
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luke 18:19 · KJV
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
John 3:13 · KJV
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
John 6:22 · KJV
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
Common questions
What does Strong's G1508 mean?
G1508 is the Greek word εἰ μή (ei mḗ), meaning if not.
How is G1508 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it but (51 times), save (16 times), except (8 times), if (5 times), not (5 times), among others.
How many times does G1508 appear in the Bible?
εἰ μή (ei mḗ) is tagged in 87 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G1508 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from G1487 (εἰ) and G3361 (μή).
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