ἄν an

Greek word for “if” · Strong’s G302 · used 166 times in 151 verses

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Meaning

ἄν; conditional particle;

How it is translated

Glosses given for an in context, with how often each is used:

• maybe 94
• would 39
• when 24
• if 3
• then 3
• only 1
• may 1
• ever 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 9 (7), Matthew 5 (6), Matthew 10 (5), Luke 10 (5), Matthew 12 (4), Matthew 23 (4), Mark 9 (4), Mark 10 (4), Acts 2 (4), Matthew 24 (3)

Forms

• ἂν 155
• ἄν 11

Words used with it

Words that share verses with an more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἰ ei “if” 37
• ἕως heōs “until” 21
• ἀμήν amēn “amen” 15
• δέχομαι dechomai “to receive” 9
• πούς pous “foot” 10
• πατήρ patēr “father” 14
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 12
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 14
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 13
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 11
• μένω menō “to stay” 9
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 12

Key verses

The verses using an that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
• Matthew 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,…
• John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he…
• John 4:14 — But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up…
• John 14:13 — And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye…
• Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
• Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Romans 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art…
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• 1 John 2:19 — They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be…
• Revelation 14:4 — These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.