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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)
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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 13 times in 13 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 - And Jesus answering said to them, 'Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:35 - Peter saith to him, 'Even if it may be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee;' in like manner also said all the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - for she said -- 'If even his garments I may touch, I shall be saved;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - serpents they shall take up; and if any deadly thing they may drink, it shall not hurt them; on the ailing they shall lay hands, and they shall be well.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:9 - and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered and said to them, 'And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:38 - and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me is the Father, and I in Him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:25 - Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay them upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even his shadow might overshadow some one of them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 - Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:20 - for they were not bearing that which is commanded, 'And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:15 - and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.
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