Ean ἐάν

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Ean
ἐάν
Transliterationean
Strong's numberG1437
LanguageGreek
Part of speechconditional particle
Glossif
Occurrences345 in 319 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (60)

Ean (Greek ἐάν, Strong's G1437) is a Greek conditional particle meaning “if”. It occurs 345 times in 319 verses of the New Testament.

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. Jhn.13:17, 1Co.7:36), if haply, if;
1. with subjc. (cl.);
(a) pres.: Mat.6:22, Luk.10:6, Jhn.7:17, Rom.2:25, 26 al.;
{ (b) aor. (= Lat. fut. pf.): Mat.4:9 16:26 (cf. ptcp. in Luk.9:25; M, Pr., 230), Mrk.3:24, Luk.14:34, Jhn.5:43, Rom.7:2, al.; = cl. εἰ, with opt., Jhn.9:22 11:57, Act.9:2; as Heb. אִם = ὅταν, Jhn.12:32 14:3, I Jhn.2:28 3:2, Heb.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.: Mat.18:19 T, Luk.19:40, Act.7:7;
(b) pres.: 1Th.3:8 (see Milligan, in l.).
3. With other particles: ἐ. καί (Bl., §65, 6), Gal.6:1; ἐ. μή (M, Pr., 185, 187; Bl., l.with), with subjc. pres., Mat.10:13, 1Co.8:8, Jas.2:17, 1Jn.3:21; aor., Mat.6:15, Mrk.3:27, Jhn.3:3, Rom.10:15, Gal.1:8 2:16 (see Lft., Ellic., in ll.); ἐ. τε . . . ἐ. τε, [in LXX for אִם . . . אִם, Est.19:13, al.,] Rom.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., Mat.5:19, Mrk.6:22, 23 Luk.17:32, 1Co.6:18, al.; ὅπου ἐ., Mat.8:19; ὁσάκις ἐ., Rev.11:6; οὗ ἐ., 1Co.16:6; καθὸ ἐ., 2Co.8:12; ὅστις ἐ., Gal.5:10.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVif (216), except (25), though (14), whatsoever (5), whosoever (3), whether (3), whomsoever (2), she (1), shall (1), if i (1), whensoever (1)
BSBif (201), unless (33), suppose (4), until (2), even if (2), if only (1), though (1), whether (1), portion (1), what (1), long (1), case (1)

Verses

Ean occurs in 319 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (60): 4:9, 5:13, 5:19, 5:20, 5:23, 5:32, 5:46, 5:47, 6:14, 6:15, 6:22, 6:23, 7:9, 7:10, 7:12, 8:2, 8:19, 9:21, 10:13, 11:6, 11:27, 12:11, 12:29, 12:32, 12:36, 14:7, 15:5, 15:14, 16:19, 16:25, 16:26, 17:20, 18:3, 18:5, 18:12, 18:13, 18:15, 18:16, 18:17, 18:18, 18:19, 18:35, 20:4, 20:7, 20:26, 21:3, 21:21, 21:24, 21:25, 21:26, 22:9, 22:24, 23:3, 24:23, 24:26, 24:28, 24:48, 26:13, 26:42, 28:14

Mark (36): 1:40, 3:24, 3:25, 3:27, 3:28, 4:22, 4:26, 5:28, 6:10, 6:22, 6:23, 7:3, 7:4, 7:11, 8:3, 8:35, 8:36, 8:38, 9:18, 9:43, 9:45, 9:47, 9:50, 10:12, 10:30, 10:35, 11:3, 11:23, 11:31, 11:32, 12:19, 13:11, 13:21, 14:9, 14:14, 14:31

Luke (28): 4:6, 4:7, 5:12, 6:33, 6:34, 7:23, 9:48, 9:57, 10:6, 10:22, 11:12, 12:45, 13:3, 13:5, 14:34, 15:8, 16:30, 16:31, 17:3, 17:4, 17:33, 19:31, 19:40, 20:5, 20:6, 20:28, 22:67, 22:68

John (54): 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:12, 3:27, 4:48, 5:19, 5:31, 5:43, 6:44, 6:51, 6:53, 6:62, 6:65, 7:17, 7:37, 7:51, 8:16, 8:24, 8:31, 8:36, 8:51, 8:52, 8:54, 9:22, 9:31, 10:9, 11:9, 11:10, 11:40, 11:48, 11:57, 12:24, 12:26, 12:32, 12:47, 13:8, 13:17, 13:35, 14:3, 14:14, 14:15, 14:23, 15:4, 15:6, 15:7, 15:10, 15:14, 16:7, 19:12, 20:25, 21:22, 21:23, 21:25

Acts (10): 3:23, 5:38, 7:7, 8:19, 8:31, 9:2, 13:41, 15:1, 26:5, 27:31

Romans (14): 2:25, 2:26, 7:2, 7:3, 9:27, 10:9, 10:15, 11:22, 11:23, 12:20, 13:4, 14:8, 14:23, 15:24

1 Corinthians (42): 4:15, 4:19, 5:11, 6:4, 6:18, 7:8, 7:11, 7:28, 7:36, 7:39, 7:40, 8:8, 8:10, 9:16, 10:28, 11:14, 11:15, 11:25, 11:26, 12:15, 12:16, 13:1, 13:2, 13:3, 14:6, 14:7, 14:8, 14:9, 14:11, 14:14, 14:16, 14:23, 14:24, 14:28, 14:30, 15:36, 16:2, 16:3, 16:4, 16:6, 16:7, 16:10

2 Corinthians (7): 3:16, 5:1, 8:12, 9:4, 10:8, 12:6, 13:2

Galatians (7): 1:8, 2:16, 5:2, 5:10, 5:17, 6:1, 6:7

Ephesians (1): 6:8

Colossians (4): 3:13, 3:17, 3:23, 4:10

1 Thessalonians (2): 2:7, 3:8

2 Thessalonians (1): 2:3

1 Timothy (3): 1:8, 2:15, 3:15

2 Timothy (2): 2:5, 2:21

Hebrews (8): 3:6, 3:7, 3:14, 3:15, 4:7, 6:3, 10:38, 13:23

James (7): 2:2, 2:14, 2:15, 2:17, 4:4, 4:15, 5:19

1 Peter (1): 3:13

1 John (21): 1:6, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:10, 2:1, 2:3, 2:15, 2:24, 2:28, 2:29, 3:2, 3:20, 3:21, 3:22, 4:12, 4:15, 4:20, 5:14, 5:15, 5:16

3 John (2): 1:5, 1:10

Revelation (9): 2:5, 2:22, 3:3, 3:19, 3:20, 11:6, 13:15, 22:18, 22:19

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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