ἐάν
ean (G1437)
if
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The Greek word ἐάν (ean) is a conditional particle that translates to "if" in English. With 345 occurrences in the Bible, it is a frequently used word that serves as a foundation for expressing conditions, possibilities, and hypothetical situations. Its meaning is straightforward, indicating a state or action that depends on the fulfillment of a preceding condition. The range of usage for ἐάν is extensive, appearing in various contexts such as promises, commands, warnings, and hypothetical scenarios. It often precedes a verb or a clause, creating a conditional relationship between the two. This word allows the speaker or writer to express a range of possibilities, from certainty to uncertainty, and from obligation to possibility. The significance of ἐάν lies in its ability to convey nuance and complexity in human communication. By introducing conditions and possibilities, it enables the speaker or writer to engage their audience in a more dynamic and interactive way. In the biblical context, ἐάν is used to convey God's promises, commands, and warnings, making it a crucial word for understanding the nature of God's relationship with humanity.
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He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.
Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
He said to them, “What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it, and lift it out?
Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
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