ἄν

G0302 G:COND

if

ἄν , conditional particle , which cannot usually be separately translated in English, its force depending on the constructions which contain it (see further, LS, see word; WM, §xlii; M, Pr. , 165 ff.; MM, VGT , see word). __1. In apodosis, __(i) with indic, imperfect or aor., expressing what would be or would have been if (εἰ with impf., aor. or plpf.) some condition were or had been fulfilled: Luk.7:39 17:6 , Jhn.5:46 , Gal.1:10 , Mat.12:7 24:43 , 1Co.2:8 , Act.18:14 , 1Jn.2:19 , al. The protasis is sometimes understood (as also in cl.): Mat.25:27 , Luk.19:23 . In hypothetical sentences, expressing unreality, ἄν (as often in late writers, more rarely in cl.) is omitted: Jhn.8:39 15:24 19:11 , Rom.7:7 , Gal.4:15 ; __(ii) with opt., inf., ptcp. (cl.; see LS, see word; M, Int. , §275; M, Pr. , 167:4). __2. In combination with conditional, relative, temporal, and final words; __(i) as in cl., with subj., __(a) in protasis with εἰ, in Attic contr. ἐάν, which see; __(b) in conditional, relative, and temporal clauses (coalescing with ὅτε, ἐπεί, etc.; see: ὅταν, ἐπάν, etc.), ever, soever ; __(α) with pres., ἡνίκα, 2Co.3:15; ὃς ἄν, Rom.9:15 (LXX) 16:2, al.; ὅσοι ἄν, Luk.9:5; ὡς ἄν, Rom.15:24 (M, Pr. , 167); __(β) with aor., ὃς ἄν, Mat.5:21, 22, 31 ; ἕως ἄν, until , Mat.2:13 , Mrk.6:10 , al.; ὡς ἄν, as soon as (M, Pr. , 167), 1Co.11:34 , Php.2:23 . On the frequently use of ἐάν for ἄν with the foregoing words, see: ἐάν; __(ii) in late Gk., when some actual fact is spoken of, with indic.: ὅταν (which see); ὅπου ἄν, Mrk.6:56 (M, Pr. , 168); καθότι ἄν, Act.2:45 4:35 ; ὡς ἄν, 1Co.12:2. __3. in iterative construction, with imperfect and aor. indic. (M, Pr. , 167): Act.2:45 4:35 , 1Co.12:2 . __4. with optative, giving a potential sense to a question or wish: Act.8:31 26:29 . __5. Elliptical constructions : εἰ μή τι ἄν (M, Pr. , 169), 1Co.7:5; ὡς ἄν, with inf., as it were (op. cit. 167), 2Co.10:9. (AS)