whether
eite marks alternatives or paired possibilities within the same statement.
As a conjunction, εἴτε links alternatives or paired possibilities: the clauses set before it may differ, while the statement’s result or instruction encompasses them together.
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Conjunction linking alternatives within a statement · dominant
The supplied morphology identifies εἴτε as a conjunction. In 1 Corinthians 10:31 the APB renders alternatives of eating, drinking, or doing anything under the same instruction; in 1 Corinthians 12:13 it places Jews or Greeks and slaves or free within one body; and in Philippians 1:20 it sets life and death as alternatives for Christ being magnified in the body.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly shows the conjunction through repeated “whether” clauses, sometimes paired with “or,” as in the alternatives in 2 Corinthians 12:2 and the instruction in 2 Thessalonians 2:15. Its English wording does not isolate every occurrence precisely.