Vocabulary Form
ἐάν
Definition

if, when

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
350
GK
1569
Mnemonics

If Ian comes home when he should ...

Mnemonic Singing

When I survey the wonderous cross

Song
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

Mark 9:47 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) your eye causes you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God having one eye than having two eyes to be cast into hell,
Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if (ean | ἐάν | conj) the salt has become unsalty, with what will you make it savory? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Mark 10:12 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) she, after divorcing her husband, marries another man, she commits adultery.”
Mark 10:30 who will not receive one hundredfold now in this present time — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions — and in the coming age, eternal life.
Mark 10:35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
Mark 11:3 If (ean | ἐάν | conj) anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back as soon as possible.’”
Mark 11:31 So they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If (ean | ἐάν | conj) we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
Mark 12:19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if (ean | ἐάν | conj) someone’s brother should die and leave behind a wife, but not leave behind a child, the brother should take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
Mark 13:11 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not worry ahead of time what you should say, but whatever is given you in that hour, speak; for you are not the ones who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:21 And then if (ean | ἐάν | conj) someone should say to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ — do not believe it.
Mark 14:9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Mark 14:14 And wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
Mark 14:31 But Peter exclaimed vehemently, “Even if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I must die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the others repeated the same thing.
Luke 4:6 The devil said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for to me it has been handed over, and to whomever I desire, I give it.
Luke 4:7 If (ean | ἐάν | conj) you then will bow down and worship me, all this will be yours.”
Luke 5:12 It happened that, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and implored him, saying, “Lord, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Luke 6:33 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you do good to those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
Luke 6:34 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive in return.
Luke 7:23 And blessed is whoever is not offended by me.”
Luke 9:48 and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. So the one who is least among you all, this is the one who is great.”
Luke 9:57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you are heading.”
Luke 10:6 And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) there is a son of peace there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you.
Luke 10:22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
Luke 12:45 But if (ean | ἐάν | conj) that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
Luke 13:3 No, I tell you; but unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) you repent, you will all perish as they did.