116 occurrences

'Whether' in the Bible

Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

Individuals Being SilentSilenceLooking Intently At PeopleSuccess Through God

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

DistinguishingIs It Really?Contact With People

That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself. You required it of my hand whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

CompensationLossOppression, Nature OfShepherds, As OccupationsAnimals Torn To PiecesDay Or Night

and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

Multi ColouredDistinguishingFinding ThingsColor

Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

PrisonersSpyingPeople Sending People

Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?”

People Actually Doing Evil

But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even bark, whether against man or beast, that you may understand how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

dogsPlaguesBarking And HowlingGod DifferentiatingBoth Men And Animals AffectedKnowing God's Characterisrael

Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.

Feast Of Unleavened BreadDisfellowshipSeven DaysForeigners Included In The LawThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction.

Proving, Through TestingResentment, Against GodTestingDaily DutyOnce A Day

No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

HornsMusical Instruments, types ofRamsThrowing StonesDeath As PunishmentNot TouchingTrumpets For SignallingBoth Men And Animals KilledInstructions About Stoning

Whether it gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

Regulations For Men And Women

If what he stole is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.

RestitutionDouble PenaltyLiving ThingsRules About Booty

If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house shall appear before the judges, to determine whether he laid his hands on his neighbor’s property.

Finding Peoplethieves

For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

Double Penalty

‘Now if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer out of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without defect before the Lord.

CripplesFellowship OfferingAnimals, religious role ofTypes Of ChristHerdsPerfect SacrificesMale And Female AnimalsPeace offerings

‘Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt.

Proof, As EvidenceSin BearerWitnesses, LegalAdjurationGuiltResponsibilityWitnessingSwearingMoralityRemoving People From Your LifeMaking Mistakestestimonypartnershipconsequencestestifyingperformance

Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty.

LivestockCarcass, Literal UseContaminationIgnorance Of EvilPeople Being PollutedRules About CorpsesGuiltpork

When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people.’”

AbominationsAbominations, Ceremonial MattersPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsPeople Being PollutedThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Then he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female.

BleedingBirthRegulations For Men And WomenPriests Atoning

“When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment,

mold

whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather,

CordsAnimal Skins

He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a leprous malignancy, it is unclean.

SpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekCordsAnimal SkinsDay 7Unclean Thingsmold

So he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which the mark occurs, for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the fire.

CordsAnimal Skinsmold

After the article with the mark has been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the top or on the front of it.

SpreadingUnclean Things

“Then if the priest looks, and if the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or out of the leather, whether from the warp or from the woof;

CordsAnimal Skinsmold

and if it appears again in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire.

SpreadingCordsAnimal Skinsmold

The garment, whether the warp or the woof, or any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, it shall then be washed a second time and will be clean.”

Ritual WashingCordsAnimal SkinsClean Clothes

This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

CordsAnimal SkinsClean And UncleanUnclean Thingsmold

This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge.

Discharges

Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.

Touching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who lies with an unclean woman.

BleedingSex And UncleannessRegulations For Men And Women

“This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

Giving, Of TimeDay Of AtonementNew Year, TheOrdinancesWork, And RestStrangersAfflicting Your SoulMonth 7Foreigners Included In The LawNo Work On Feast DaysHumbling Oneself

When any person eats an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean.

Ritual WashingWaterAnimals Torn To PiecesCorpses Of AnimalsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningForbidden Foodnatural Death

The nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

SistersForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredSiblingsSame Sex MarriageFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughters

“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the Lord for a burnt offering—

Foreigners Included In The Law

But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not kill both it and its young in one day.

CowsUnkindnessYoung AnimalAnimal MothersAt The Same TimeRules About Killing Animals

‘However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate it; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s.

ClaimsAll Things Belong To God

He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.’”

Good Or BadNot Redeemed

he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.

AbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.

Two DaysOne MonthSetting Out

The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”

God's HandGod's Weakness

See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many.

Weakness, PhysicalDealing With Many PeopleWhat Is This?Strong Nations

But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

BanishmentdefianceHell, As Incentive To ActionIrreverencePresumptionExcommunicationInfidelity To GodMan's PurposesDeath Penalty For ViolenceThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

FirstbornAnimals, religious role ofWomb

“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.

The NeedyAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstMastersUnkindnessEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsAdvantagesForeigners Included In The LawNot Helping The PoorAliens

If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Freedom, Of The WillAge, Glories OfFamily, Worship InChoicesdoubt, results ofFamilies, Examples OfGood Decision Making ExamplesIntentionsHeads Of The FamilyChoosingFaithful, Choose To RemainZeal, ReligiousLife's PurposeEmployers, Good ExamplesChoosing God's WayBehold Me!Encouraged To Serve Foreign godsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesServingServing God

in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it as their fathers did, or not.”

Proving, Through Testing

They said to him, “Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether our way on which we are going will be prosperous.”

Then he said, “May you be blessed of the Lord, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.

KindnessDealing With Young PeoplePoor Or RichYoung MarriageMay God Bless!

But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.

LackNo LossMissing SomeoneBeing Lost

But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be.”

LoyaltyServants, GoodFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipLife And Death

And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”

disabilitiesBeelzebubHealingHousesSuffering, Causes OfPeople Falling From A HeightUpper Rooms

and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

Seeking GodSmallnessDeath Penalty For Heresy

Under his authority were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully their portions to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small,

Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer, but they were not able to give evidence of their fathers’ households and their descendants, whether they were of Israel:

Whoever will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him strictly, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of goods or for imprisonment.”

CriminalsCivil authoritiesBanishmentGovernmentCivic DutiesImprisonmentsLoyaltyPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMagistratesCitizenshipConfiscationAnarchyJudicial PunishmentBreaking God's Law

These were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses or their descendants, whether they were of Israel:

Now it was when they had spoken daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Telling Of People's Situations

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”

PurimAuthority Of PeopleRight Time For Peopledeliveranceliberationroyalty

Whether for correction, or for His world,Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.

WaterCaused By GodEverything Happening For A ReasonWeather In The Last Daysweather

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

Useless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

Hard LaborWakefulnessMore Than EnoughHard WorkWorryingSleeping Peacefullyworkinghardworkworries

For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.

God's HandHateGodly ManEverything Happening For A Reasonaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

“I went down to the orchard of nut treesTo see the blossoms of the valley,To see whether the vine had buddedOr the pomegranates had bloomed.

BlossomingSports

“Let us rise early and go to the vineyards;Let us see whether the vine has buddedAnd its blossoms have opened,And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.There I will give you my love.

BlossomingPomegranatesWalking In LoveEarly Rising

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of the Lord our God.”

Commitment, to GodGood Or BadObeying God

and say, ‘You, O Lord, have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’

Empty CitiesBoth Men And Animals Affected

As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Paying Attention To People

But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

Paying Attention To PeopleSpeaking The Word God GivesOld Testament Claims Inspirationrebellion

Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or not, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’”

Lordship, Human And DivinePeople ExiledPaying Attention To PeopleSpeaking As From God

Who knows whether He will not turn and relentAnd leave a blessing behind Him,Even a grain offering and a drink offeringFor the Lord your God?

Making Cereal Offerings And Libations

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

God, Living And Self sustainingSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfAdjurationChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristRivers

But the rest of them said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.”

Individual ProphetsLeave Them Alone

Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

TestingSnares Laid For ChristQuestioning ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About Christ

Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

HourLast ThingsNightCrowsSleep, Warnings AgainstMidnightDaybreakIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnAt DaybreakThe Time UnknownAttitudes While Waiting For Second Coming

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.”

WineIndividuals RunningLowering PeopleVinegarIndividual Prophets

Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.

Asking Particular QuestionsOthers SummoningThe Fact Of Christ's Deathsurprises

Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ,

WaitingMessianic HopePeople WaitingWho Is John The Baptist?expectations

Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

Night

Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

ThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

assertiveness

He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

Experience, of GodWitnessing, Importance OfExperimental KnowledgeSelf KnowledgeNot Knowing About ChristBlindness

And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for such and such a price?” And she said, “Yes, that was the price.”

Assenting

and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there.

Asking Particular QuestionsStaying Temporarily

He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

Baptism Of The Holy SpiritSpiritual UnderstandingThe Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit,God Not ExistingReceiving The SpiritBaptismghosts

Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

PuzzlementCourt Sessions

And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

ChainsListeningIron ChainsBecoming Like People

Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

Baptism, practice ofChristian BaptismBaptizing Infants

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

The Present AgeLife And DeathThe Future

For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

Polytheism

Bible Theasaurus

Whether (309 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
εἴτε 
Eite 
or , whether , or whether , if
Usage: 64

או או 
'ow 
Usage: 320

אם 
'im 
Usage: 999

הן 
hen (Aramaic) 
if , or , whether
Usage: 16

εἰ 
Ei 
if , whether , that , not tr ,
Usage: 218

ἤτοι 
Etoi 
Usage: 1

μήποτε μήποτε 
mepote 
lest , lest at any time , whether or not , lest haply , if peradventure , no ... not at all , not tr
Usage: 12

πότερον 
Poteron 
Usage: 0

τε 
Te 
and , both , then , whether , even , also , not tr s
Usage: 170

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