Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἤν ‎(ḗn)
• ἄν ‎(án)

Conjunction

ἐᾱ́ν • ‎(eā́n)

1. if (for more depth see εἰ ‎(ei) and ἄν ‎(án)
2. (New Testament Koine) Used in place of ἄν ‎(án) after relative pronouns and conjunctions
   • The Gospel of Matthew 5.19

     ὃς ἐὰν [= ὃς ἂν] οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων ..., ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν

     So, whoever annuls one of the smallest of the laws ..., will be the smallest in the kingdom of heaven

   • The Gospel of Matthew 8.19

     Διδάσκαλε, ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν [= ὅπου ἂν] ἀπέρχῃ.

     Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go off to.

   • The Gospel of Matthew 18.18

     Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅσα ἐὰν [= ὅσα ἂν] δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται δεδεμένα ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν [= ὅσα ἂν] λύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται λελυμένα ἐν οὐρανῷ.

     Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.

   • New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 3.23

     ὃ ἐὰν [= ὃ ἂν] ποιῆτε, ἐκ ψυχῆς ἐργάζεσθε, ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώποις

     Whatever you do, perform it heartily, as for the Lord and not for people

Descendants

• Greek: αν ‎(an)
• Greek: εάν ‎(eán)

References

• ἐάν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐάν in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἐάν» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἐάν» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G1437”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • assuming idem, page 47.
  • if idem, page 414.
  • supposing idem, page 841.