For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
You are here
ἐάν
Vocabulary form:
ejavn
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
Notes:
Introduces a dependent clause. ejavn is a crasis of eij and a[n. "Crasis" occurs when two words are "pushed together" to make one.
When ejavn appears after a relative pronoun (o{V), it has the effect of appending "-ever" to the end of the pronoun, just like a[n. o{V eja;n ... means "whoever ...."
Biblical Concordance
| 1 Corinthians 7:28 | But if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you do marry, you have not sinned, and if (ean | ἐάν | conj) a virgin marries, she has not sinned. However those who do marry will have worldly trouble, and I am trying to spare you. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:36 | If someone believes he is not treating his virgin in an appropriate manner, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) his passions are strong, and so it has to be, he should do what he desires, it is no sin — let them marry. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:39 | A wife is bound for such a time as her husband is alive. But if (ean | ἐάν | conj) her husband should die, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:40 | But in my opinion she will be happier if (ean | ἐάν | conj) she remains as she is. And I believe that I too have the Spirit of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:8 | Food does not bring us close to God. We are no worse if (ean | ἐάν | conj) we do not eat, and no better if (ean | ἐάν | conj) we do. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:10 | For if (ean | ἐάν | conj) someone should see you who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of the one who is weak be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:16 | If (ean | ἐάν | conj) I preach the gospel, I do not have a ground for boasting, for I am compelled to do so. Woe is me if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I do not preach the gospel! |
| 1 Corinthians 10:28 | However, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) someone should say to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience — |
| 1 Corinthians 11:14 | Does not nature itself teach you that if (ean | ἐάν | conj) a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him, |
| 1 Corinthians 11:15 | but if (ean | ἐάν | conj) a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her long hair is given to her for a covering. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:25 | In the same way, he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” |
| 1 Corinthians 11:26 | For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:15 | If (ean | ἐάν | conj) the foot should say, “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:16 | And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) the ear should say, “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. |
| 1 Corinthians 13:1 | If (ean | ἐάν | conj) I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. |
| 1 Corinthians 13:2 | And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. |
| 1 Corinthians 13:3 | If I give away everything I own, and if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it benefits me nothing. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:6 | But as it is, brothers, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) I impart to you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:7 | It is the same with lifeless things that produce sound, whether flute or harp; if (ean | ἐάν | conj) they do not make a difference between notes, how will what is being played on the flute or the harp be understood? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:8 | Again, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) the bugle gives an uncertain call, who will get ready for battle? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:9 | So it is with you; if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you do not speak a clear message with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? You will be speaking into the air. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:11 | But if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I do not grasp the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:14 | For if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:16 | Otherwise, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you are praising God by the Spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say, “Amen,” to your thanksgiving since he does not know what you are saying? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:23 | So if (ean | ἐάν | conj) the whole church assembles in the same place and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:24 | But if (ean | ἐάν | conj) all are prophesying, and an unbeliever or outsider comes in, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, |
| 1 Corinthians 14:28 | But if (ean | ἐάν | conj) there is no one who can interpret, the speaker should remain silent in church and speak to himself and to God. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:30 | But if (ean | ἐάν | conj) a revelation comes to another person who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:36 | You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless (ean | ἐάν | conj) it dies. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:2 | On the first day of the week, each of you should put something aside as (ean | ἐάν | particle) he may prosper and save it, so that when I come, collections will not have to be made. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:3 | And when I arrive, I will dispatch with letters of introduction whomever (ean | ἐάν | particle) you approve to carry your gift to Jerusalem. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:4 | And if (ean | ἐάν | conj) it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:6 | and it may be that I will stay awhile with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me continue my journey, wherever I go. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:7 | For I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) the Lord permits. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:10 | Now if (ean | ἐάν | conj) Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:16 | yet whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:1 | For we know that if (ean | ἐάν | conj) our earthly house, the tent we live in, is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:12 | For if the readiness is present, the gift is acceptable according to whatever (ean | ἐάν | particle) a person has, not according to what he does not have. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:4 | Lest perhaps if (ean | ἐάν | conj) some Macedonians should come with me and not find you ready, we — to say nothing of you — would be humiliated by this confidence. |
| 2 Corinthians 10:8 | For even if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I boast about it, and more than that, about the authority which the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:6 | For even if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears from me, |
| 2 Corinthians 13:2 | I said before when I was with you the second time, and now, though absent, I say ahead of time to those who have sinned previously and to all the rest, that if (ean | ἐάν | conj) I come again I will not spare anyone, |
| Galatians 1:8 | But even if (ean | ἐάν | conj) we, or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel at odds with the one we already preached to you, let him be accursed. |
| Galatians 2:16 | yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but (ean | ἐάν | conj) through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, since no one will be justified by the works of the law. |
| Galatians 5:2 | Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if (ean | ἐάν | conj) you agree to circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. |
| Galatians 5:10 | I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But the one who is trying to confuse you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be. |
| Galatians 5:17 | For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to one another, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. |
| Galatians 6:1 | My brothers, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) someone is detected in some wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore that one in a spirit of gentleness, taking care lest you yourself be tempted. |
| Galatians 6:7 | Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that will he also reap. |
| Ephesians 6:8 | knowing that each person, if (ean | ἐάν | conj) he does something good, will be repaid by the Lord for this, whether he is a slave or free. |
Mnemonics
If and when Ian comes...
If and when Ian comes...