Strong G2579κἄν
and/even if
- Transliteration
- kan
- Pronunciation
- kan
- Morphology
- Greek Conditional
Definition
Detailed definition
κἄν
by crasis for καὶ ἄν (= ἐάν; WH, App., 145b; Thayer, see word), with subjunc.,
1. and if: Mrk.16:18 Luk.12:38, Jhn.8:55, 1Co.13:2-3, Jas.5:15; with ellips., Luk.13:9.
2. Concessive, even if: Mat.21:21 26:35, Jhn.8:14 10:38 11:25, Heb.12:20.
3. As intensive of simple καί (M, Pr., 167; WM, 730; Jannaris, Gr., 598), even, at least: Mrk.5:28 6:56, Act.5:15, 2Co.11:16.†
(AS)
by crasis for καὶ ἄν (= ἐάν; WH, App., 145b; Thayer, see word), with subjunc.,
1. and if: Mrk.16:18 Luk.12:38, Jhn.8:55, 1Co.13:2-3, Jas.5:15; with ellips., Luk.13:9.
2. Concessive, even if: Mat.21:21 26:35, Jhn.8:14 10:38 11:25, Heb.12:20.
3. As intensive of simple καί (M, Pr., 167; WM, 730; Jannaris, Gr., 598), even, at least: Mrk.5:28 6:56, Act.5:15, 2Co.11:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2579 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- if4
- though4
- yet3
- also1
- be1
- but1
- least1
- much1
First verses
- Matthew 21:21Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
- Matthew 26:35Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
- Mark 5:28For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
- Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
- Mark 16:18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- Luke 13:9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
- John 8:14Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
- John 10:38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
- John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- Acts 5:15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
- 2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
- Hebrews 12:20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
- James 5:15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κἄν
(not κᾄν), by crasis,
I for καὶ ἄν.., variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 357, frequently in _Attic dialect_: not often when καί)] is simply copulative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 79a, “Grg.” 514d)]; but frequently when καί is intensive, ὅ γε κ. μέγα δοίη even a great thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; κακὸν δὲ κ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ γνοίης μιᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 615, compare 591, “Aj.” 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1130, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.61, etc.)]; sometimes repeated after or before a Verb with ἄν, ἐπεὶ κ. σὺ.., εἴ τίς σε διδάξειεν.., βελτίων ἂν γένοιο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 318b, compare “R.” 515e)]; frequently in the phrase κ. εἰ, where καί properly belongs to εἰ, even if, and ἄν to the Verb that follows in apodosi, νῦν δέ μοι δοκεῖ, κ. ἀσέβειαν εἰ καταγιγνώσκοι, τὰ προσήκοντα ποιεῖν (for καὶ εἰ καταγιγνώσκοι, ποιεῖν ἄν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.51: hence,)]
I.2 even when the Verb in apodosi was of a tense that could not be joined with ἄν, κ. εἰ πολλαὶ [αἱ ἀρεταί].. εἰσιν, ἕν γέ τι εἶδος ταὐτὸν ἅπασαι ἔχουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 72c; κ. εἰ μή τῳ δοκεῖ [prev. author] “R.” 473a, 579d, compare 408b, “Phd.” 71b, “Sph.” 247e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 136a31, +others)]
I.3 in later Gr. without εἰ, simply as a stronger form of καί, even, εἴσελθε κ. νῦν [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 342; κ. νεκρῷ Χάρισαι τὰ σὰ Χείλεα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.41, compare 35 (variant) (and so with εἷς, μία, ἕν, κ. μίαν ἡμέραν δόντες αὐτοῖς variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.19; εἰ κ. ἕν τι φαίνοιτο 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.195, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.29); ἐὰν ἅψωμαι κ. τῶν ἱματίων NT.Mark.5.28)]; κ. νῦν now at any rate, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 2151.7 (3rd c.AD))]; κἂν ὧς even so, nevertheless, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work]123.7 (3rd-4th c.AD))]; οἷς οὐδὲ κ. ὄνος ὑπῆρξε πώποτε [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 20 codices, compare “DDeor.” 5.2, etc.)]
II for καὶ ἄν (ἐάν), even if, with the same moods as ἐάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319c, etc.: frequently used elliptically, ἄνδρα Χρὴ δοκεῖν πεσεῖν ἂν κ. (i.e. πέσῃ) ἀπὸ σμικροῦ κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1078, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 92, “Ach.” 1021)], and so probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1483: later followed by _indicative_, κἂν γὰρ οὕτω φαμέν 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 70.22.)]
II.2 κἄν.., κἄν.., whether.., or.., κἂν μεγάλην πόλιν οἰκῶσι κἂν μικράν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.15.)]
(not κᾄν), by crasis,
I for καὶ ἄν.., variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 357, frequently in _Attic dialect_: not often when καί)] is simply copulative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 79a, “Grg.” 514d)]; but frequently when καί is intensive, ὅ γε κ. μέγα δοίη even a great thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; κακὸν δὲ κ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ γνοίης μιᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 615, compare 591, “Aj.” 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1130, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.61, etc.)]; sometimes repeated after or before a Verb with ἄν, ἐπεὶ κ. σὺ.., εἴ τίς σε διδάξειεν.., βελτίων ἂν γένοιο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 318b, compare “R.” 515e)]; frequently in the phrase κ. εἰ, where καί properly belongs to εἰ, even if, and ἄν to the Verb that follows in apodosi, νῦν δέ μοι δοκεῖ, κ. ἀσέβειαν εἰ καταγιγνώσκοι, τὰ προσήκοντα ποιεῖν (for καὶ εἰ καταγιγνώσκοι, ποιεῖν ἄν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.51: hence,)]
I.2 even when the Verb in apodosi was of a tense that could not be joined with ἄν, κ. εἰ πολλαὶ [αἱ ἀρεταί].. εἰσιν, ἕν γέ τι εἶδος ταὐτὸν ἅπασαι ἔχουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 72c; κ. εἰ μή τῳ δοκεῖ [prev. author] “R.” 473a, 579d, compare 408b, “Phd.” 71b, “Sph.” 247e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 136a31, +others)]
I.3 in later Gr. without εἰ, simply as a stronger form of καί, even, εἴσελθε κ. νῦν [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 342; κ. νεκρῷ Χάρισαι τὰ σὰ Χείλεα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.41, compare 35 (variant) (and so with εἷς, μία, ἕν, κ. μίαν ἡμέραν δόντες αὐτοῖς variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.19; εἰ κ. ἕν τι φαίνοιτο 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.195, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.29); ἐὰν ἅψωμαι κ. τῶν ἱματίων NT.Mark.5.28)]; κ. νῦν now at any rate, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 2151.7 (3rd c.AD))]; κἂν ὧς even so, nevertheless, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work]123.7 (3rd-4th c.AD))]; οἷς οὐδὲ κ. ὄνος ὑπῆρξε πώποτε [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 20 codices, compare “DDeor.” 5.2, etc.)]
II for καὶ ἄν (ἐάν), even if, with the same moods as ἐάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319c, etc.: frequently used elliptically, ἄνδρα Χρὴ δοκεῖν πεσεῖν ἂν κ. (i.e. πέσῃ) ἀπὸ σμικροῦ κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1078, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 92, “Ach.” 1021)], and so probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1483: later followed by _indicative_, κἂν γὰρ οὕτω φαμέν 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 70.22.)]
II.2 κἄν.., κἄν.., whether.., or.., κἂν μεγάλην πόλιν οἰκῶσι κἂν μικράν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.15.)]