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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 and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even G2579 if G2579 you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast 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 G2579 if G2579 I have to die with You, I will not deny You.” All the disciples said the same thing too.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - For she was saying, “If I just G2579 touch His garments, I will [fn]be saved from this.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever He was entering villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and pleading with Him that they might just G2579 touch the fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were being [fn]saved from their sicknesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - and they will pick up serpents, and if G2579 they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - “Whether G2579 he comes in the [fn]second watch, or G2579 even G2579 in the [fn]third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:9 - and if G2579 it bears fruit next year, fine, but if not, cut it down.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered and said to them, “Even G2579 if G2579 I bear witness about Myself, My witness is [fn]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 - and you have not known Him, but I know Him; and if G2579 I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:38 - but if I do them, though G2579 you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and continue knowing that the Father is in Me, and I 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; he who believes in Me will live even G2579 if G2579 he dies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that when Peter came by at G2579 least G2579 his shadow might fall on any one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 -

Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even G2579 as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:20 - For they could not bear what was being commanded, “IF G2579 EVEN G2579 A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:15 - And the prayer [fn]offered in faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if G2579 he has committed sins, [fn]they will be forgiven him.
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