What does ἄν (án) mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G302
ἄν
:--(What-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
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ἄνG302
Pronunciationán
What does ἄν (án) mean in the Bible?
ἄν (án) is a Greek word meaning ":--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G302?
The BSB source-word alignment has 166 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (97), vvv (42), - (15), if (4), {would} (1).
Where does ἄν (án) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (42), Luke (32), John (26), Mark (20).
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. . .97×Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:22
vvv42×Matthew 11:23, Matthew 12:7, Matthew 12:32, Matthew 23:30
-15×Matthew 2:13, Matthew 11:21, Matthew 21:44, Matthew 26:48
if4×Matthew 18:6, John 20:23, 1 John 3:17
{would}1×John 11:32
anyone1×Mark 6:11
as well1×John 14:7
so1×John 14:2
So that1×Romans 3:4
that1×Acts 26:29
then1×Galatians 3:21
who1×Mark 6:56
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 2:13
Aligned rows166
Books represented13
Matthew42Mark20Luke32John26Acts14Romans81 Corinthians72 Corinthians3Galatians2Philippians1Hebrews61 John3Revelation2
Source forms
ἂν151xanMatthew 2:13, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:21
ἄν13xanJohn 4:10, John 11:32, John 13:20, John 14:28
ἂν*2xanMatthew 10:42, Luke 9:24
Parsing patterns
Particle164xMatthew 2:13, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:21
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural1xJohn 18:36
Indec1xJohn 2:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. :--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
Strong'sG302
Lexical occurrences171 versesGreek text appearances190 times16 shown belowWord forms1 form171 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
:--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 190 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 2:13Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:18Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:18Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:19Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:21Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:22Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:22Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:26Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:31Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 5:32Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 6:5Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 7:12Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 10:11Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 10:11Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 10:23Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
Read verseMatthew 10:33Participle
ἂνan
an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent
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 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 patterns1Aligned forms171
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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 12:20171×
Word Origins
ἄν is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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