ἄνán

1. In apodosis

(i) with indic, imperfect or aorist, expressing what would be or would have been if (εἰ with imperfect, aorist or plpf.) some condition were or had been fulfilled: Luke 7:39, Luke 17:6, John 5:46, Galatians 1:10, Matthew 12:7, Matthew 24:43, 1 Corinthians 2:8, Acts 18:14, 1 John 2:19, and elsewhere The protasis is sometimes understood (as also in classical Greek): Matthew 25:27, Luke 19:23. In hypothetical sentences, expressing unreality, ἄν (as often in late writers, more rarely in classical Greek) is omitted: John 8:39, John 15:24 19:11, Romans 7:7, Galatians 4:15

(ii) with opt., infinitive, participle.

2. In combination with conditional, relative, temporal, and final words

(i) as in classical Greek, with subj.

(a) in protasis with εἰ, in Attic contr. ἐάν, see that word

(b) in conditional, relative, and temporal clauses (coalescing with ὅτε, ἐπεί, etc.; see ὅταν, ἐπάν, etc.), ever, soever

(α) with present, ἡνίκα, 2 Corinthians 3:15; ὃς ἄν, Romans 9:15(LXX) Romans 16:2, and elsewhere; ὅσοι ἄν, Luke 9:5; ὡς ἄν, Romans 15:24

(β) with aorist, ὃς ἄν, Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:31; ἕως ἄν, until, Matthew 2:13, Mark 6:10, and elsewhere; ὡς ἄν, as soon as, 1 Corinthians 11:34, Philippians 2:23. On the frequently use of ἐάν for ἄν with the foregoing words, see ἐάν

(ii) in late Gk., when some actual fact is spoken of, with indicative: ὅταν (see that word); ὅπου ἄν, Mark 6:56; καθότι ἄν, Acts 2:45, Acts 4:35; ὡς ἄν, 1 Corinthians 12:2.

3. in iterative construction, with imperfect and aorist indic.: Acts 2:45, Acts 4:35, 1 Corinthians 12:2.

4. with optat., giving a potential sense to a question or wish: Acts 8:31, Acts 26:29.

5. Elliptical constructions: εἰ μή τι ἄν, 1 Corinthians 7:5; ὡς ἄν, with infinitive, as it were (op. cit. 167), 2 Corinthians 10:9.