G2579: κἄν
kán · “and/even if”
Definition
and (or even) if
KJV translates it as: and (also) if (so much as), if but, at the least, though, yet
Extended 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)
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