G2579: κἄν (kán)

G2579 κἄν (kán)

Greek

Quick Definition

κἄν Cond. and if, even if

Strong's Definition

from 2532 and 1437; and (or even) if

KJV Usage: and (also) if (so much as), if but, at the least, though, yet

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κἄν (G2579)

conj. | καὶ + εἰ + ἄν

89.73 · Relations · Concession

even if, even though an emphatic marker of concession

MAT 21:21 · MAT 26:35 · MRK 5:28 · MRK 6:56 · MRK 16:18 · LUK 12:38 · LUK 12:38 · LUK 13:9 · JHN 8:14 · JHN 8:55 · JHN 10:38 · JHN 11:25 · ACT 5:15 · 2CO 11:16 · HEB 12:20 · JAS 5:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κἄν [Grsb. κἄν ; see κἀγώ, init.], by crasis for καὶ ἐάν [ef. W.§5, 3; B.p. 10; Tdf. Proleg. p.97; WH. App. p- 145°]; hence joined with the subjunctive; ae and if: Mt. x. 23 GL; Mk. xvi. 18; [Lk. xii. 38 (bis) T Tr txt. WH; Jn. viii. 55 L T Tr WH; 1 Co. xiii. 2" L WH, 2

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κἄν kan 17x

crasis, and if, Mk. 16:18; also if, Mt. 21:21; even if, if even, although, Jn. 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, Mk. 6:56; Acts 5:15; 2 Cor. 11:16

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κἄν,

by crasis for καὶ ἄν (= ἐάν; WH, App., 145b; Thayer, s.v.), c. subjunc.,

and if: Mk 16:[18], Lk 12:38, Jo 8:55, I Co 13:2, 3, Ja 5:15; c. ellips., Lk 13:9.

Concessive, even if: Mt 21:21 26:35, Jo 8:14 10:38 11:25, He 12:20.

As intensive of simple καί (M, Pr., 167; WM, 730; Jannaris, Gr., 598), even, at least: Mk 5:28 6:56, Ac 5:15, II Co 11:16.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κἄν (kan) — and/even if. κἄν (not κᾄν), by crasis,

I. for καὶ ἄν.., variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+] is simply copulative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but frequently when καί is intensive, ὅ γε κ. μέγα δοίη even a great thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes repeated after or before a Verb with ἄν, ἐπεὶ κ. σὺ.., εἴ τίς σε διδάξειεν.., βελτίων ἂν γένοιο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in the phrase κ. εἰ, where καί properly belongs to εἰ, even if, and ἄν to the Verb that follows in apodosi, νῦν δέ μοι δοκεῖ, κ. ἀσέβειαν εἰ καταγιγνώσκοι, τὰ προσήκοντα ποιεῖν (for καὶ εἰ καταγιγνώσκοι, ποιεῖν ἄν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I.2. even when the Verb in apodosi was of a tense that could not be joined with ἄν, κ. εἰ πολλαὶ [αἱ ἀρεταί].. εἰσιν, ἕν γέ τι εἶδος ταὐτὸν ἅπασαι ἔχουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.3. in later Gr. without εἰ, simply as a stronger form of καί, even, εἴσελθε κ. νῦν [NT+5th c.BC+]; κ. νῦν now at any rate, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κἂν ὧς even so, nevertheless, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οἷς οὐδὲ κ. ὄνος ὑπῆρξε πώποτε [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. for καὶ ἄν (ἐάν), even if, with the same moods as ἐάν, [Refs 5th c.BC+], and so probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. κἄν.., κἄν.., whether.., or.., κἂν μεγάλην πόλιν οἰκῶσι κἂν μικράν [Refs 4th c.BC+]