Quick Definition
and ifevenif
Strong's Definition
and (or even) if
Derivation: from G2532 (καί) and G1437 (ἐάν);
KJV Usage: and (also) if (so much as), if but, at the least, though, yet
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κἄν (Griesbach κἄν; see κἀγώ, at the beginning), by crusts for καί ἐάν (cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 3; Buttmann, p. 10; Tdf Proleg., p. 97; WH's Appendix, p. 145{b} ); hence joined with the subjunctive;
1. and if: Mat_10:23 G L; Mar_16:18; (Luk_12:38 (bis) T Tr text WH; Joh_8:55 L T Tr WH; 1Co_13:2{a} L WH, 2^b Tr text WH, 3^a L Tr WH, 3^b L WH); Jas_5:15; by aposiopesis with the suppression of the apodosis, κἄν μέν ποιήσῃ καρπόν, namely, εὖ ἔχει it is well (or some such phrase), Luk_13:9; cf. Winers Grammar, 600 (558); (Buttmann, § 151, 26).
2. also or even if;
a. if only, at least, in abridged discourse: κἄν τόν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ, namely, ἅψωμαι, Mar_5:28; also ἵνα (namely, ἅψωνται αὐτοῦ) κἄν τοῦ κρασπέδου ... ἅψωνται, Mar_6:56 : ἵνα ἐρχομένου Πέτρου (namely, τί αὐτοῦ ἐπισκιάσῃ αὐτῶν) κἄν ἡ σκιά etc. Act_5:15; κἄν ὡς ἄφρονα namely, δεξησθε με, 2Co_11:16; (Wis_14:4 Wis_15:2). Cf. Buttmann, § 149, 6; (Winers Grammar, 584 (543); Green, Gram. of the N. T., p. 230; Klotz ad Devar. ii. 1, p. 139f; Liddell and Scott, under the word; Sophocles Lexicon, under the word).
b. even if: Mat_21:21; Mat_26:35; Joh_8:14; Joh_10:38; (Joh_11:25); Heb_12:20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κἄν kan 17x
crasis, and if, Mar_16:18 ; also if, Mat_21:21 ; even if, if even, although, Joh_10:38 ; if so much as, Heb_12:20 ; also in NT simply equivalent to καί , as a particle of emphasis, by a pleonasm of ἄν , at least, at all events, Mar_6:56 ; Act_5:15 ; 2Co_11:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κἄν ,
by crasis for καὶ ἄν ( = ἐάν ; WH , App ., 145b; Thayer , s.v. ), c . subjunc.,
1. and if: Mar_16:18 Luk_12:38 , Joh_8:55 , 1Co_13:2-3 , Jas_5:15 ; c . ellips., Luk_13:9 .
2. Concessive, even if: Mat_21:21 ; Mat_26:35 , Joh_8:14 ; Joh_10:38 ; Joh_11:25 , Heb_12:20 .
3. As intensive of simple καί ( M , Pr., 167; WM , 730; Jannaris , Gr ., 598), even, at least: Mar_5:28 ; Mar_6:56 , Act_5:15 , 2Co_11:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κἄν [page 320]
For this crasis, as in Mar_5:28 ; Mar_6:56 , Act_5:15 , cf. PSI IV. 286 .9 (iii/iv A.D.) ἵνα κἂν ἐγὼ εἰδῶ , P Oxy XII. 1593 .5 ff. (iv/A.D.) οὐκ [ἐ ]δήλωσάς μοι κἂν περὶ τῆς ὁλοκληρίας ὑμῶν . . . κἂν νῦν , ἄδελφε , πάντα ὑπερθέμενος ἀντίγραψόν μοι κτλ . See also P Rein 52 .6 (iii/iv A.D.) ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠμελήσατε ἴσως οὐ καλῴ συνειδότι χρώμενοι· ὃ κἂν νῦν ποιήσατε κτλ ., but you have neglected to do it perhaps because you have not a good conscience : do it now at least, etc. (cf. Archiv iii. p. 527 f.). On the intensive force of κἄν , as distinguished from the simple καί , cf. Jannaris Gr. § 598.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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