ἔτι
éti · G2089 · Greek · 93 occurrences
Meanings
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still, yet, longer
Extension of time up to and beyond an expected point
ExamplesMatthew 12:46 While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.
Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”
Matthew 26:47 And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.
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in addition, besides
The state of something being in addition to what already exists
ExamplesMatthew 18:16 “But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that ON THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY MATTER MAY BE CONFIRMED.
Matthew 19:20 The young man said to Him, “All these I have kept; what am I still lacking?”
Mark 12:6 “He had one more man to send, a beloved son; he sent him to them last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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nevertheless
A marker of contrast, involving something contrary to expectation
ExamplesRomans 3:7 But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
Romans 9:19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”
1 Corinthians 12:31 But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And yet, I am going to show you a far better way.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δηλόωto make known 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- τετράμηνονfor four months 1
- τόποςplace 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- עוֹד ʻôwd · H5750 · still, again, yet
- עוֹד (ʻôwd, H5750) is the standard Hebrew equivalent of ἔτι (éti, G2089), both denoting continuation in time (“still, yet”) or addition (“again, furthermore”), and the Septuagint regularly renders עוֹד with ἔτι in this core temporal-continuative sense.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- In addition, besides59.75
- In Hebrews 11:32, having listed several faithful figures, the writer asks, “And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah,” using this word to add further examples.
- Still, yet, longer67.128
- In Luke 22:60, right after Peter's denial, “immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed,” using this word for an action continuing up to that moment.
- Nevertheless89.135
- In Romans 5:8, Paul writes, “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us,” the concessive sense of something holding true despite an unfavorable circumstance.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb, as yet, yet, still; 1. of time; a. of a thing which went on formerly, whereas now…
1. of time;
a. of a thing which went on formerly, whereas now a different state of things exists or has begun to exist: added to a participle, Mt 27:63; Lk 24:6, Lk 24:44; Acts 9:1; Acts 18:18; 2 Thess 2:5; with the gen absolute: ἔτι (δέ) αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος, Mt 12:46; Mt 17:5; Mt 26:47; Mk 14:43; Lk 8:49; Lk 22:47; add, Lk 9:42; Lk 24:41; Jn 20:1; Acts 10:44; Rom 5:8; Heb 9:8; with a finite verb, Heb 7:10; transposed so as to stand at the beginning of a sentence: ἔτι γάρ Χριστός ὄντων ἡμῶν ἀσθενῶν... ἀπέθανε, Rom 5:6; cf. Winers Grammar, § 61, 5, p. 553 (515); (Buttmann, 389 (333)); with another notation of time, so that it may be translated even (cf. Latinjam): ἔτι ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός, Lk 1:15 (ἔτι ἐκ βρεφεος, Anthol. 9, 567, 1; ἔτι ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, Plutarch, consol. ad Apoll. 6, p. 104 d.).
b. of a thing which continues at present, even now: Mk 8:17 R G; Lk 14:22; Gal 1:10; 1 Cor 15:17; with νῦν added, 1 Cor 3:2 (L WH brackets ἔτι); farther, longer (where it is thought strange that, when one thing has established itself, another has not been altered or abolished, but is still adhered to or continues): Rom 3:7; Rom 6:2; Rom 9:19; Gal 5:11.
c. with negatives: οὐ... ἔτι, οὐκ ἔτι, no longer, no more, Lk 16:2; Lk 20:36; Lk 21:1, Lk 21:4; Lk 22:3; ἵνα μή ἔτι lest longer, that... no more, Rev 20:3; οὐ μή ἔτι, Rev 3:12; Rev 18:21-23; οὐδείς, μηδείς, οὐδεμία, οὐδέν ἔτι, nobody, nothing more, Mt 5:13; Heb 10:2 (see μηκέτι, οὐκέτι).
2. of degree and increase; with the comparative, even, yet: Phm 1:9; Heb 7:15 (Winers Grammar, 240 (225)). of what remains (yet): Jn 4:35; Jn 7:33; Jn 12:35; Jn 13:33; Mt 19:20; Mk 12:6; Lk 18:22; of what is added, besides, more, further: ἔτι ἅπαξ, Heb 12:26f; ἔτι ἕνα ἤ δύο, Mt 18:16; add, Mt 26:65; Heb 11:32; ἔτι δέ yea moreover, and further (Latinpraetereavero), Heb 11:36 (Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 1; Diodorus 1, 74; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 6:4); ἔτι δέ καί (but or) yea moreover also (Latinpraetereaveroetiam), Lk 14:26 R G T L marginal reading; Acts 2:26; ἔτι τέ καί and moreover too (Latininsuperqueadeo), Lk 14:26 L text Tr WH; Acts 21:28 (cf. Buttmann, § 149, 8; Winers Grammar, 578 (537) note).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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