Vocabulary Form
ἐάν
Definition

if, when

Frequency
350
GK
1569
Mnemonics

If Ian comes home when he should ...

Mnemonic Singing

When I survey the wonderous cross

Notes

Introduces a dependent clause. ἐάν is a crasis of εἰ and ἄν. "Crasis" occurs when two words are "pushed together" to make one.

When ἐάν appears after a relative pronoun (ὅς), it has the effect of appending "-ever" to the end of the pronoun, just like ἄν. ὅς ἐὰν ... means "whoever ...."

Biblical Concordance

Colossians 3:13 Bear with one another and forgive each another, should (ean | ἐάν | conj) anyone have a complaint against another. have complaint As the Lord has graciously forgiven you, so also you must forgive.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever (ean | ἐάν | particle) you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:23 Whatever (ean | ἐάν | particle) you do, do it heartily, as for the Lord, not for men,
Colossians 4:10 sends greetings, you Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, my sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if (ean | ἐάν | conj) he comes to you, welcome him),
1 Thessalonians 2:7 Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a mother tenderly nursing her own children.
1 Thessalonians 3:8 For now we live, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you stand firm in the Lord.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
1 Timothy 1:8 Now we know Now that good the law is good if (ean | ἐάν | conj) someone uses it lawfully, uses
1 Timothy 2:15 but she will be saved through childbearing, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) they remain in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.
1 Timothy 3:15 but if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I wait, so that you may know how it is necessary for people to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
2 Timothy 2:5 Likewise, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive a wreath unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) he competes lawfully.
2 Timothy 2:21 If (ean | ἐάν | conj), therefore, someone cleanses himself from these things, that person will be a vessel for honor, having been sanctified, useful to the master, prepared for every good work.
Hebrews 3:7 Therefore just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you hear his voice,
Hebrews 3:15 As it is said, “Today, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”
Hebrews 4:7 God again ordains a certain day — “today” — saying through David, after so long a time, just as it has been said before, “Today, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
Hebrews 10:38 But my righteous one will live by faithfulness. But should (ean | ἐάν | conj) he shrink back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.”
Hebrews 13:23 Know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If (ean | ἐάν | conj) he arrives soon, I will visit you with him.
James 2:2 For if (ean | ἐάν | conj) a man comes into your congregation wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in,
James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) someone claims to have faith but has no works? Can that kind of faith save him?
James 2:15 If (ean | ἐάν | conj) a brother or sister lacks adequate clothing and is in need of daily food,
James 2:17 In the same way faith, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) it has no works, is dead, since it is by itself.
James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:15 Instead, you ought to say, “If (ean | ἐάν | conj) the Lord so decrees, then we will live and do this or that.”
James 5:19 My brothers, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) anyone among you strays from the truth and someone brings him back,
1 Peter 3:13 And who is the one who will harm you if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you become zealots for what is good?