- κἄν
- κἄν (formed by crasis fr. καὶ ἐάν, quotable Hes. et al.; pap, LXX [Thackeray 138]; TestAbr; TestJob; TestReub; TestJud; Philo, Aet. M. 134 al.; Joseph.; SibOr 3, 18; Just., Tat., Ath.; W-S. §5, 8; B-D-F §18; 371; Rob. 208; w. variations in mss.) particle gener. w. subjunctive (w. ind. Hs 5, 5, 4; Just. A I, 11, 2).① and if Mt 10:23 v.l.; Mk 16:18; Lk 6:34 D; 13:9 (here the suppression of the first apodosis [καλῶς ἔχει] as quite freq. in Attic; B-D-F §454, 4; s. Rob. 1023); J 8:55; Js 5:15; κἂν λίαν συνετὸς ἦν τις Hs 5, 5, 4; κἂν μιάνῃς 5, 7, 2. κἂν … δέ but if IRo 5:2. κἂν … κἂν … κἂν and if … and if … and if 1 Cor 13:2f v.l. κἂν … κἂν and if … and if, whether … whether (Demosth. 25, 15; TestJud 15:5, TestReub 4:7) Lk 12:38.② even if, even though οὐ μόνον … ἀλλὰ κἂν εἴπητε not only … but even if you say Mt 21:21.—26:35 (κἂν δέῃ ἀποθανεῖν as Jos., Ant. 6, 108; 11, 228); J 8:14; 10:38; 11:25; 2 Cl 19:3; even if … just Hb 12:20.③ (even) if only, at least (Soph., El. 1483; Lucian, Tim. 20 κἂν ὄνος ‘at least a donkey’; PRein 52, 6; POxy 1593, 5ff κἂν νῦν ‘now at least’; κἂν τοσοῦτον at least so much Ath. 20, 3) κἂν τῶν ἱματίων just his clothes Mk 5:28; cp. 6:56 (cp. TestJob 12:1 κἂν διακονῆσαι … σήμερον; Athen. 5, 212f ἑκάστου σπεύδοντος κἂν προσάψασθαι τῆς ἐσθῆτος). κἂν ἡ σκιά at least his shadow Ac 5:15. κἂν ὡς ἄφρονα δέξασθέ με accept me at least as a fool 2 Cor 11:16.—2 Cl 18:2; IEph 10:1. In the apodosis of a conditional sentence 2 Cl 7:3; GPt 12:52, 54.—κἂν ταῦτα even if this=this, little though it be Dg 2:10 (cp. Lucian, Dial. Mar. 1, 3).—M-M.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.