What does ἄν · εἰμί mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G302, G1510
ἂν εἴη
:--(What-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. · I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἄν G302 :--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
Pronunciation án
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εἰμί G1510 I exist (used only when emphatic)
Pronunciation eimí
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What does ἂν εἴη (an eiē) mean in the Bible?
ἄν · εἰμί is a Greek phrase meaning "A conditional or potential form of being, framing the disciples' speculative comparison.".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G302, G1510?
G302, G1510 is connected to 171 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. A conditional or potential form of being, framing the disciples' speculative comparison.
Source Gloss
A conditional or potential form of being, framing the disciples' speculative comparison.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 171
Matt 2:13 · Matt 5:18 · Matt 5:19 · Matt 5:21 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 5:26 · Matt 5:31 · Matt 10:11 · Matt 10:14 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 10:42 · Matt 11:21 · Matt 11:23 · Matt 12:7 · Matt 12:20 171×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἂν εἴη is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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