What does κἄν (kán) mean in the Bible?
κἄν (kán) is a Greek word meaning "and (or even) if".
Greek · G2579
κἄν
And (or even) if
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κἄν G2579
Pronunciation kán
What does κἄν (kán) mean in the Bible?
κἄν (kán) is a Greek word meaning "and (or even) if".
Full entry for κἄν (G2579) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2579?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include even if (4), If (3), even though (2), - (1), . . . (1).
Where does κἄν (kán) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:21. Its strongest book concentrations include John (4), Luke (3), Mark (3), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It even if 4× Matthew 21:21, Matthew 26:35, Luke 12:38, John 8:14
If 3× Luke 13:9, John 8:55, James 5:15
even though 2× John 10:38, John 11:25
- 1× 2 Corinthians 11:16
. . . 1× Mark 5:28
and if 1× Mark 16:18
at least 1× Acts 5:15
If even 1× Hebrews 12:20
just 1× Mark 6:56
or 1× Luke 12:38
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 21:21 κἂν to even if Adverb Matthew 26:35 Κἂν to Even if Adverb Mark 5:28 κἂν to . . . Adverb Mark 6:56 κἂν to just Adverb Mark 16:18 κἂν to and if Conjunction Luke 12:38 κἂν to Even if Conjunction Luke 12:38 κἂν to or Conjunction Luke 13:9 κἂν to If Conjunction John 8:14 Κἂν to Even if Adverb John 8:55 κἂν to If Conjunction
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:21
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 8
Matthew 2 Mark 3 Luke 3 John 4 Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1 James 1
Source forms
κἂν 13x kan Matthew 21:21, Mark 5:28, Mark 6:56, Mark 16:18
Κἂν 3x Kan Matthew 26:35, John 8:14, Hebrews 12:20
Parsing patterns
Adverb 9x Matthew 21:21, Matthew 26:35, Mark 5:28, Mark 6:56
Conjunction 7x Mark 16:18, Luke 12:38, Luke 13:9, John 8:55
Evidence Summary
Greek word. and (or even) if
Strong's G2579
Lexical occurrences 16 verses Greek text appearances 13 times Word forms 2 forms 16 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
and (or even) if
Extended definition
:--and (also) if (so much as), if but, at the least, though, yet.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
13 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:21 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse Matthew 26:35 Conditional
Κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse Mark 5:28 Conditional
Κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse Mark 6:56 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse Mark 16:18 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse Luke 13:9 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse John 8:14 Conditional
Κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse John 10:38 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse John 11:25 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse Acts 5:15 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:16 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse Hebrews 12:20 Conditional
Κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verse James 5:15 Conditional
κἂν kan
and if, even if
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 16
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 21:21 · Matt 26:35 · Mark 5:28 · Mark 6:56 · John 8:14 · John 10:38 · John 11:25 · 2 Cor 11:16 · Heb 12:20 9×
Mark 16:18 · Luke 12:38 · Luke 13:9 · John 8:55 · Acts 5:15 · Jas 5:15 7×
Word Origins
κἄν is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain