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G1875 ἐπάν (epán)
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Quick Definition

ἐπάν Cj. after, when

Strong's Definition

from 1909 and 302; a particle of indefinite contemporaneousness; whenever, as soon as

KJV Usage: when

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

conj. | ἄν

67.31 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

whenever, when an indefinite point or points of time, which may be roughly simultaneous to or overlap with another point of time (ὅταν[a] and ἐπάν may also imply some degree of uncertainty)

MAT 2:8 · LUK 11:22 · LUK 11:34

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπ-άν, conj. (fr. ἐπεί and dv), afler, when: with the subjune. pres. Lk. xi. 34; with the subjune. aor., answering to the Lat. fut. exact. (fut. perf.), Mt. ii. 8; Lk. xi. 22. Cf. Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 547.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπάν epan 3x

with subj., whenever, as soon as, Mt. 2:8; Lk. 11:22, 34*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἐπ-άν conj.

(< ἐπεί, q.v., ἄν)

later form of ἐπήν,

after, when: c. subjc. Pres., Lk 11:34; c. subjc. aor., Mt 2:8, Lk 11:22.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπάν. See for this word Ῥ Tebt I. 27% (B.c. 113) ἐπὰν καὶ περὶ (om.) τὸ περὶ τῆς [ἀφέσεως πρόγραμμα ἐκτεθῆι, P Ἀν] II. 15.333 (A.D. 138-61) ἐπὰν δὲ γένηται τῆς ἐννόμου ἡλικίας, ‘when he attains the legal age,” zd. 172° (offer to lease a palm-garden—a.D. 208) ἐπὰν δὲ μή τις προσθῇ σοι, ‘as long as there is no higher offer” (Edd.), P Oxy VIII. 1102?° (c. A.D. 146) ἐπὰν τὰ ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ κελευσθέν[τ]α γένηται, “as soon as my orders have been carried out”’ (Ed.), 2d. XII. 1473°° (A.D. 201) ém[a]v, ὃ μὴ εἴη, ἀπαλλ[αγῶμεν, ‘ whenever, which heaven forbid, we are divorced” (Edd.), PSI IV. 299} (ili/A.D.) ἐπὰν πλοίου εὐπορηθῶ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπάν (epan) — when/as soon as. ἐπάν, conjunction, later form of ἐπήν (see. ἐπεί [Refs 4th c.BC+]

9. [ᾱ [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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