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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 ἡ 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 - And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:35 - Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!” And all the disciples said the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:9 - Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:55 - But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:38 - but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:25 - Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[fn] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 - I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:20 - For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:15 - And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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