Midvash

ἐάνeán

a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty

Greek (New Testament) · G1437

Meanings

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 subjunctive (classical Greek)

(a) present: Matthew 6:22, Luke 10:6, John 7:17, Romans 2:25, Romans 2:26 and elsewhere

(b) aorist (= Lat. future perfect): Matthew 4:9, Matthew 16:26 (cf. participle in Luke 9:25; M, Pr., 230), Mark 3:24, Luke 14:34, John 5:43, Romans 7:2, and elsewhere; = classical Greek εἰ, with opt., John 9:22, John 11:57, Acts 9:2; as Heb. אִם = ὅταν, John 12:32, John 14:3, 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:2, Hebrews 3:7 (LXX).

2. C. indic

(a) future: Matthew 18:19 T, Luke 19:40, Acts 7:7

(b) present: 1 Thessalonians 3:8.

3. With other particles: ἐ. καί (Bl., §65, 6), Galatians 6:1; ἐ. μή, with subjunctive present, Matthew 10:13, 1 Corinthians 8:8, James 2:17, 1 John 3:21; aorist, Matthew 6:15, Mark 3:27, John 3:3, Romans 10:15, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 2:16; ἐ. τε... ἐ. τε, [in LXX for אִם... אִם, Esther 19:13, and elsewhere, ] Romans 14:8.

4. = classical Greek ἄν (see that word) after relat. pronouns and adverbs: ὃς ἐ., Matthew 5:19, Mark 6:22, Mark 6:23, Luke 17:32, 1 Corinthians 6:18, and elsewhere; 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.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 336 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 4:9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
  • Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
  • Matthew 5:19 So if you ignore the least commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • Matthew 5:20 “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
  • Matthew 5:23 “So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you,
  • Matthew 5:32 But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.