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

Matthew 24:26 So, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) they say to you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness!’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
Matthew 24:28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
Matthew 24:48 But suppose (ean | ἐάν | conj) that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master is slow to return,’
Matthew 26:13 I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed throughout the world, what she has done will also be recounted as her memorial to me.”
Matthew 26:42 Once again he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) I drink it, may your will be done.”
Matthew 28:14 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) this should come to the governor’s ears, we will bribe him and keep you out of trouble.”
Mark 1:40 And a leper came to him, leper pleading for help and falling on his knees he exclaimed “If (ean | ἐάν | conj) you are willing, you can make me clean!”
Mark 3:24 If (ean | ἐάν | conj) a kingdom is divided against itself, is divided that kingdom cannot stand. kingdom that
Mark 3:25 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) a house is divided against itself, is divided that house cannot stand.
Mark 3:27 But no one can no one enter the house of the strong man and carry off his possessions his carry off unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) first he ties up the strong man; he ties up then he can rob his house. his he can rob
Mark 3:28 “I tell you the truth, you all things will be forgiven the sons of men, all sinful behavior and whatever blasphemies whatever (ean | ἐάν | particle) they may utter;
Mark 4:22 For nothing For is hidden except (ean | ἐάν | conj) to be disclosed; nor is anything concealed, except to come to light.
Mark 5:28 for she had been saying, “If (ean | ἐάν | conj) I can only touch his clothes, his I will be healed.”
Mark 6:10 And he said to them, “Whenever (ean | ἐάν | particle) you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.
Mark 6:22 When the daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner companions. The king said to the young girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
Mark 6:23 And he promised her insistently with an oath, “Whatever you ask for, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.”
Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat except (ean | ἐάν | conj) they ceremonially wash their hands, thus maintaining the tradition of the elders.
Mark 7:4 They do not eat anything from the marketplace unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) it is purified by washing. And there are many other customs that they have received as tradition to keep, like the washing of cups, pots, and copper bowls, and dining couches.)
Mark 7:11 But you say, ‘If (ean | ἐάν | conj) a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban” (that is, given to God),
Mark 8:3 If (ean | ἐάν | conj) I send them to their homes without food, they will faint from exhaustion on the way; and some of them have come from a distance.”
Mark 8:35 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.
Mark 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with his holy angels.”
Mark 9:18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able.”
Mark 9:43 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled than having two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
Mark 9:45 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame than having two feet to be cast into hell.