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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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 BoxMar 5:28 - For she [fn]thought, G3004 “If G1437 I just G2579 touch G681 His garments, G2440 I will [fn]get G4982 well.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - Wherever G3699 He entered G1531 villages, G2968 or G2228 cities, G4172 or G2228 countryside, G68 they were laying G5087 the sick G770 in the market G58 places, G58 and imploring G3870 Him that they might just G2579 touch G681 the fringe G2899 of His cloak; G2440 and as many G3745 as touched G681 it were being cured. G4982

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:18 - they will pick G142 up serpents, G3789 and if G2579 they drink G4095 any G5100 deadly G2286 poison, it will not hurt 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 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 8:55 - 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 keep G5083 His word. G3056

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:38 - but if G1487 I do G4160 them, though G2579 you do not believe G4100 Me, believe G4100 the works, G2041 so G2443 that 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 BoxHeb 12:20 - For they could not bear G5342 the command, G1291 “IF G2579 EVEN G2579 A BEAST G2342 TOUCHES G2345 THE MOUNTAIN G3735, IT WILL BE STONED G3036.”

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