1875. epan
Berean Strong's Lexicon
epan: when, whenever

Original Word: ἐπάν
Part of Speech: Conjunction
Transliteration: epan
Pronunciation: eh-pan'
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-an')
Definition: when, whenever
Meaning: after, when, as soon as.

Word Origin: A contraction of ἐπεί (epei, meaning "when" or "since") and ἄν (an, a particle indicating contingency or potentiality).

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often involves conditional or temporal particles such as אִם (im, meaning "if" or "when") and כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka'asher, meaning "when" or "as").

Usage: The Greek conjunction ἐπάν is used to introduce conditional or temporal clauses, often translated as "when" or "whenever" in English. It indicates an action or event that is contingent upon another action or event. This word is used to express conditions that are not fixed in time but are rather potential or recurring.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of Koine Greek, which was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean from the time of Alexander the Great until the Byzantine Empire, conjunctions like ἐπάν were crucial for constructing complex sentences that conveyed nuanced relationships between actions and events. The use of ἐπάν reflects a linguistic precision that was necessary for theological and philosophical discourse, particularly in the context of the New Testament writings.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from epei and an
Definition
after, when
NASB Translation
when (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1875: ἐπάν

ἐπάν, conjunction (from ἐπεί and ἄν), after, when: with the subjunctive present Luke 11:34; with the subjunctive aorist, answering to the Latin future exact. (future perfect), Matthew 2:8; Luke 11:22. Cf. Klotz ad Devar. 2:2, p. 547.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
when.

From epi and an; a particle of indefinite contemporaneousness; whenever, as soon as -- when.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK an

Forms and Transliterations
επαν επάν ἐπὰν epan epàn
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 2:8 Conj
GRK: τοῦ παιδίου ἐπὰν δὲ εὕρητε
NAS: for the Child; and when you have found
KJV: and when ye have found
INT: the child when moreover you shall have found [him]

Luke 11:22 Conj
GRK: ἐπὰν δὲ ἰσχυρότερος
NAS: But when someone stronger
KJV: But when a stronger than he
INT: when however [one] stronger

Luke 11:34 Conj
GRK: φωτεινόν ἐστιν ἐπὰν δὲ πονηρὸς
NAS: is full of light; but when it is bad,
KJV: the eye: therefore when thine eye
INT: light is when however evil

Strong's Greek 1875
3 Occurrences


ἐπὰν — 3 Occ.

















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