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ἐάν

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greekNew TestamentConditional338 occurrences21 books311 verses

Definition

ἐάν, contr. fr. εἰ ἄν,

conditional particle,

representing something as "under certain circumstances actual or liable to happen," but not so definitely expected as in the case of εἰ with ind. (Bl., §65, 4; cf. John 13:17, 1 Corinthians 7:36), if haply, if;

1. with subjc. (cl.);

(a) pres.: Matthew 6:22, Luke 10:6, John 7:17, Romans 2:25, 26 al.;

{ __(b) aor. (= Lat. fut. pf.): Matthew 4:9; 16:26 (cf. ptcp. in Luke 9:25; M, Pr., 230), Mark 3:24, Luke 14:34, John 5:43, Romans 7:2, al.; = cl. εἰ, with opt., John 9:22; 11:57, Acts 9:2; as Heb. אִם = ὅταν, John 12:32; 14:3, I John 2:28; 3:2, Hebrews 3:7" (LXX) .

2. C. indic, (as in late writers, fr. Arist. on; see WH, App., 171; VD, MGr. 2, App., §77; Deiss., BS, 201f., LAE, 155, 254; M, Pr., 168, 187; Bl., §65, 4);

(a) fut.: Matthew 18:19 T, Luke 19:40, Acts 7:7;

(b) pres.: 1 Thessalonians 3:8 (see Milligan, in l.).

3. With other particles: ἐ. καί (Bl., §65, 6), Galatians 6:1; ἐ. μή (M, Pr., 185, 187; Bl., l.with), with subjc. pres., Matthew 10:13, 1 Corinthians 8:8, James 2:17, 1 John 3:21; aor., Matthew 6:15, Mark 3:27, John 3:3, Romans 10:15, Galatians 1:8; 2:16 (see Lft., Ellic., in ll.); ἐ. τε . . . ἐ. τε, [in LXX for אִם . . . אִם, Esther 19:13, al.,] Romans 14:8.

4. = cl. ἄν (which see) after relat. pronouns and adverbs (Tdf., Pr., 96; WH, App., 173; M, Pr., 42f.; Bl., §26, 4; Mayser, 152f.; Deiss., BS, 202ff.): ὃς ἐ., Matthew 5:19, Mark 6:22, 23, Luke 17:32, 1 Corinthians 6:18, al.; ὅπου ἐ., Matthew 8:19; ὁσάκις ἐ., Revelation 11:6; οὗ ἐ., 1 Corinthians 16:6; καθὸ ἐ., 2 Corinthians 8:12; ὅστις ἐ., Galatians 5:10.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐάν:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

338 total
  1. James 2:17ἐὰν · if
    So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
  2. James 4:4ἐὰν
    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  3. James 4:15Ἐὰν · If
    Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
  4. James 5:19ἐάν · if
    My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
  5. 1 Peter 3:13ἐὰν · if
    Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
  6. 1 John 1:6Ἐὰν · If
    If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
  7. 1 John 1:7ἐὰν · if
    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
  8. 1 John 1:8Ἐὰν · If
    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  9. 1 John 1:9ἐὰν · If
    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  10. 1 John 1:10ἐὰν · If
    If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
  11. 1 John 2:1ἐάν · if
    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
  12. 1 John 2:3ἐὰν · if
    By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
  13. 1 John 2:15ἐάν · If
    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
  14. 1 John 2:24ἐὰν · If
    As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
  15. 1 John 2:28ἐὰν · when
    And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
  16. 1 John 2:29Ἐὰν · If
    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
  17. 1 John 3:2ἐὰν · when
    Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
  18. 1 John 3:20ἐὰν · if
    Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
  19. 1 John 3:21ἐὰν · if
    Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
  20. 1 John 3:22ἐὰν
    …and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
  21. 1 John 4:12ἐὰν · [but] if
    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
  22. 1 John 4:15ἐὰν · If
    If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
  23. 1 John 4:20Ἐάν · If
    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
  24. 1 John 5:14ἐάν · If
    And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
  25. 1 John 5:15ἐὰν · if; ἐὰν
    And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
  26. 1 John 5:16Ἐάν · If
    If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.
  27. 3 John 1:5ἐὰν
    Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
  28. 3 John 1:10ἐὰν · if
    So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
  29. Revelation 2:5ἐὰν
    Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
  30. Revelation 2:22ἐὰν · unless
    Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
  31. Revelation 3:3ἐὰν · If
    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
  32. Revelation 3:19ἐὰν
    Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
  33. Revelation 3:20ἐάν · If
    Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
  34. Revelation 11:6ἐὰν
    These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
  35. Revelation 13:15ἐὰν
    The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
  36. Revelation 22:18ἐάν · If
    I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
  37. Revelation 22:19ἐάν · if
    And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.