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Lexicon :: Strong's G2579 - kan

Aa
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 BoxMat 21:21 - And Jesus G2424 answered G611 and said G3004 to them, “Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, if G1437 you have G2192 faith G4102 and do not doubt G1252, you will not only G3440 do G4160 what G3588 was done to the fig G4808 tree G4808, but even G2579 if G2579 you say G3004 to this G3778 mountain G3735, ‘Be taken G142 up G142 and cast G906 into the sea G2281,’ it will happen G1096.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:35 - Peter G4074 *said G3004 to Him, “Even G2579 if G2579 I have G1163 to die G599 with You, I will not deny G533 You!” All G3956 the disciples G3101 said G3004 the same G3668 thing G3668 as G2532 well G2532.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - For she had been saying G3004 to herself, “If G1437 I just G2579 touch G681 His garments G2440, I will [fn]get G4982 well G4982.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever G3699 He entered G1531 villages G2968, or G2228 cities G4172, or G2228 a countryside G68, they were laying G5087 the sick G770 in the marketplaces G58 and imploring G3870 Him that they might just G2579 touch G681 the fringe G2899 of His cloak G2440; and all G3745 who G3745 touched G681 it were being [fn]healed G4982.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - they will pick G142 up G142 serpents G3789, and if G2579 they drink G4095 any G5100 deadly G2286 poison, it will not harm G984 them; they will lay G2007 hands G5495 on the sick G732, and they will recover G2192 G2573.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - “Whether G2579 he comes G2064 in the [fn]second G1208 watch G5438, or G2579 even G2579 in the [fn]third G5154, and finds G2147 them so G3779, blessed G3107 are those G1565 slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:9 - and if G2579 it bears G4160 fruit G2590 next G1519 G3195 year, fine; but if G1487 not, cut G1581 it down G1581.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus G2424 answered G611 and said G3004 to them, “Even G2579 if G2579 I am testifying G3140 about G4012 Myself G1683, My testimony G3141 is [fn]true G227, because G3754 I know G6063 where G4159 I came G2064 from and where G4226 I am going G5217; but you do not know G6063 where G4159 I come G2064 from or G2228 where G4226 I am going G5217.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:55 - and you have not come to know G1097 Him, but I know G6063 Him. And if G2579 I say G3004 that I do not know G6063 Him, I will be a liar G5583 like G3664 you; but I do know G6063 Him, and I follow G5083 His word G3056.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:38 - but if G1487 I do G4160 them, even G2579 though G2579 you do not believe G4100 Me, believe G4100 the works G2041, so G2443 that G2443 you may [fn]know G1097 and understand G1097 that the Father G3962 is in Me, and I in the Father G3962.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:25 - Jesus G2424 said G3004 to her, “I am G1510 the resurrection G386 and the life G2222; the one who believes G4100 in Me will live G2198, even G2579 if G2579 he dies G599,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - to G5620 such G5620 an G5620 extent G5620 that G5620 they even G2532 carried G1627 the sick G772 out G1627 into the streets G4116 and laid G5087 them on cots G6055 and pallets G2895, so G2443 that G2443 when Peter G4074 came G2064 by at G2579 least G2579 his shadow G4639 might fall G1982 on any G5100 of them.

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Again G3825 I say G3004, let no G3361 one G5100 think G1380 me foolish G878; but if G1487 you do, receive G1209 me even G2579 as foolish G878, so G2443 that G2443 I also G2532 may boast G2744 a little G3398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:20 - For they could not [fn]cope G5342 with G5342 the command G1291, “If G2579 even G2579 an animal G2342 touches G2345 the mountain G3735, it shall be stoned G3036.”

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