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Lexicon :: Strong's G2579 - kan

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κἄν
Transliteration
kan (Key)
Pronunciation
kan
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
16x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
13x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

κἄν kán, kan; from G2532 and G1437; and (or even) if:—and (also) if (so much as), if but, at the least, though, yet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G2579 in the following manner: though (4x), and if (3x), if but (2x), also if (1x), at the least (1x), and if so much as (1x), yet (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G2579 in the following manner: though (4x), and if (3x), if but (2x), also if (1x), at the least (1x), and if so much as (1x), yet (1x).
  1. and if

  2. also or even if

    1. of only, at least

    2. even if

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κἄν kán, kan; from G2532 and G1437; and (or even) if:—and (also) if (so much as), if but, at the least, though, yet.
STRONGS G2579:
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: Matthew 10:23 G L; Mark 16:18; (Luke 12:38 (bis) T Tr text WH; John 8:55 L T Tr WH; 1 Corinthians 13:2{a} L WH, 2^b Tr text WH, 3^a L Tr WH, 3^b L WH); James 5:15; by aposiopesis with the suppression of the apodosis, κἄν μέν ποιήσῃ καρπόν, namely, εὖ ἔχει it is well (or some such phrase), Luke 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, Mark 5:28; also ἵνα (namely, ἅψωνται αὐτοῦ) κἄν τοῦ κρασπέδου... ἅψωνται, Mark 6:56: ἵνα ἐρχομένου Πέτρου (namely, τί αὐτοῦ ἐπισκιάσῃ αὐτῶν) κἄν σκιά etc. Acts 5:15; κἄν ὡς ἄφρονα namely, δεξησθε με, 2 Corinthians 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: Matthew 21:21; Matthew 26:35; John 8:14; John 10:38; (John 11:25); Hebrews 12:20.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:23; 21:21; 26:35
Mark
5:28; 6:56; 16:18
Luke
12:38; 13:9
John
8:14; 8:55; 10:38; 11:25
Acts
5:15
1 Corinthians
13:2
2 Corinthians
11:16
Hebrews
12:20
James
5:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2579 matches the Greek κἄν (kan),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 -

Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:35 -

“Even if I have to die with you,” Peter told him, “I will never deny you,” and all the disciples said the same thing.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 -

For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 -

Wherever he went, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch just the end of his robe. And everyone who touched it was healed.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 -

“they will pick up snakes;[fn] if they should drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 -

“If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn,[fn] and finds them alert, blessed are those servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:9 -

“Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 -

“Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:55 -

“You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:38 -

“But if I am doing them and you don’t believe me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand[fn] that the Father is in me and I in the Father.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:25 -

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 -

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 -

I repeat: Let no one consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool so that I can also boast a little.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:20 -

for they could not bear what was commanded: If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:15 -

The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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