Strong’s G2579 · Greek

κἄν
kán

Definition

and (or even) if

Etymology

from G2532 (καί) and G1437 (ἐάν);

Where the KJV renders it

  • and (also) if (so much as)
  • if but
  • at the least
  • though
  • yet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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