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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κἄνG2579
Pronunciationkán
What does κἄν (kán) mean in the Bible?
κἄν (kán) is a Greek word meaning "and (or even) if".
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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 Iteven if4×Matthew 21:21, Matthew 26:35, Luke 12:38, John 8:14
If3×Luke 13:9, John 8:55, James 5:15
even though2×John 10:38, John 11:25
-1×2 Corinthians 11:16
. . .1×Mark 5:28
and if1×Mark 16:18
at least1×Acts 5:15
If even1×Hebrews 12:20
just1×Mark 6:56
or1×Luke 12:38
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 21:21
Aligned rows16
Books represented8
Matthew2Mark3Luke3John4Acts12 Corinthians1Hebrews1James1
Source forms
κἂν13xkanMatthew 21:21, Mark 5:28, Mark 6:56, Mark 16:18
Κἂν3xKanMatthew 26:35, John 8:14, Hebrews 12:20
Parsing patterns
Adverb9xMatthew 21:21, Matthew 26:35, Mark 5:28, Mark 6:56
Conjunction7xMark 16:18, Luke 12:38, Luke 13:9, John 8:55
Evidence Summary
Greek word. and (or even) if
Strong'sG2579
Lexical occurrences16 versesGreek text appearances13 timesWord forms2 forms16 referencesVerse guides0 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 corpusGreek 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 21:21Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseMatthew 26:35Conditional
Κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseMark 5:28Conditional
Κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseMark 6:56Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseMark 16:18Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseLuke 13:9Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseJohn 8:14Conditional
Κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseJohn 10:38Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseJohn 11:25Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseActs 5:15Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verse2 Corinthians 11:16Conditional
κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseHebrews 12:20Conditional
Κἂνkan
and if, even if
Read verseJames 5:15Conditional
κἂνkan
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 patterns2Aligned forms16
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 12:209×
Mark 16:18 · Luke 12:38 · Luke 13:9 · John 8:55 · Acts 5:15 · Jas 5:157×
Word Origins
κἄν is built from these roots:
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