ἄν
if
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Every verse where G302 appears — 151 distinct verses across 14 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 32 verses
- Matthew 2:13 ἂν ptcl Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
- Matthew 5:18 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
- Matthew 5:19 ἂν ptcl 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.
- Matthew 5:21 ἂν ptcl "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
- Matthew 5:22 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
- Matthew 5:26 ἂν ptcl Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.
- Matthew 5:31 ἂν ptcl "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
- Matthew 10:11 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.
- Matthew 10:14 ἂν ptcl Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
- Matthew 10:33 ἂν ptcl But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 11:21 ἂν ptcl "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Matthew 11:23 ἂν ptcl You, Capernaum, who are exalted to Heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.
- Matthew 12:7 ἂν ptcl But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
- Matthew 12:20 ἂν ptcl He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, Until he leads justice to victory.
- Matthew 12:32 ἂν ptcl 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.
- Matthew 12:50 ἂν ptcl For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
- Matthew 15:5 ἂν ptcl 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,"
- Matthew 16:25 ἂν ptcl For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
- Matthew 16:28 ἂν ptcl Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom."
- Matthew 18:6 ἂν ptcl but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
- Matthew 19:9 ἂν ptcl I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
- Matthew 20:27 ἂν ptcl Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
- Matthew 21:22 ἂν ptcl All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
- Matthew 22:44 ἂν ptcl 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'
- Matthew 23:16 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'
- Matthew 23:18 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.'
- Matthew 23:30 ἂν ptcl and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
- Matthew 23:39 ἂν ptcl For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
- Matthew 24:22 ἂν ptcl Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
- Matthew 24:34 ἂν ptcl Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
- Matthew 24:43 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
- Matthew 25:27 ἂν ptcl You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
Mark 19 verses
- Mark 3:28 ἂν ptcl Most assuredly I tell you, all of the children of men's sins will be forgiven them, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
- Mark 3:29 ἂν ptcl but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
- Mark 3:35 ἂν ptcl For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."
- Mark 6:10 ἂν ptcl He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.
- Mark 6:11 ἂν ptcl Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
- Mark 6:56 ἂν ptcl Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
- Mark 8:35 ἂν ptcl For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's will save it.
- Mark 9:1 ἂν ptcl He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."
- Mark 9:37 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."
- Mark 9:41 ἂν ptcl For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
- Mark 9:42 ἂν ptcl Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
- Mark 10:11 ἂν ptcl He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
- Mark 10:15 ἂν ptcl Most assuredly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
- Mark 10:43 ἂν ptcl But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
- Mark 10:44 ἂν ptcl Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.
- Mark 11:23 ἂν ptcl For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
- Mark 12:36 ἂν ptcl For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.'
- Mark 13:20 ἂν ptcl Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
- Mark 14:44 ἂν ptcl Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."
Luke 28 verses
- Luke 1:62 ἂν ptcl They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
- Luke 2:26 ἂν ptcl It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
- Luke 2:35 ἂν ptcl Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
- Luke 6:11 ἂν ptcl But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.
- Luke 7:39 ἂν ptcl Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
- Luke 8:18 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."
- Luke 9:4 ἂν ptcl Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
- Luke 9:5 ἂν ptcl As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
- Luke 9:24 ἂν ptcl For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
- Luke 9:26 ἂν ptcl For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
- Luke 9:27 ἂν ptcl But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 9:46 ἂν ptcl There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.
- Luke 9:48 ἂν ptcl and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
- Luke 9:57 ἂν ptcl As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
- Luke 10:5 ἂν ptcl Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
- Luke 10:8 ἂν ptcl Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.
- Luke 10:10 ἂν ptcl But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into the streets of it and say,
- Luke 10:13 ἂν ptcl "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- Luke 10:35 ἂν ptcl On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
- Luke 12:8 ἂν ptcl "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
- Luke 12:39 ἂν ptcl But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
- Luke 13:25 ἂν ptcl When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
- Luke 17:6 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
- Luke 18:17 ἂν ptcl Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
- Luke 19:23 ἂν ptcl Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'
- Luke 20:18 ἂν ptcl "Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, But it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."
- Luke 20:43 ἂν ptcl Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'
- Luke 21:32 ἂν ptcl Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
John 22 verses
- John 1:33 ἂν ptcl I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
- John 2:5 ἂν ptcl His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
- John 4:10 ἂν ἄν ptcl ptcl Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
- John 4:14 ἂν ptcl but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
- John 5:19 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
- John 5:46 ἂν ptcl For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
- John 8:19 ἂν ptcl They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
- John 8:42 ἂν ptcl Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
- John 9:41 ἂν ptcl Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
- John 11:21 ἂν ptcl Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
- John 11:22 ἂν ptcl Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
- John 11:32 ἄν ptcl Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
- John 13:20 ἄν ptcl Most assuredly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."
- John 14:2 ἂν ptcl In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
- John 14:13 ἂν ptcl Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- John 14:28 ἄν ptcl You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.
- John 15:16 ἂν ptcl You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- John 15:19 ἂν ptcl If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- John 16:23 ἄν ptcl "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most assuredly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
- John 18:30 ἄν ptcl They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."
- John 18:36 ἂν ptcl Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."
- John 20:23 ἄν ἄν ptcl ptcl Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."
Acts 16 verses
- Acts 2:21 ἂν ptcl It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
- Acts 2:35 ἂν ptcl Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'
- Acts 2:39 ἂν ptcl For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
- Acts 2:45 ἄν ptcl They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
- Acts 3:19 ἂν ptcl "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- Acts 3:22 ἂν ptcl For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Acts 4:35 ἄν ptcl and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.
- Acts 5:24 ἂν ptcl Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.
- Acts 7:3 ἄν ptcl and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
- Acts 8:31 ἂν ptcl He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
- Acts 9:2 ἄν ptcl and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
- Acts 10:17 ἂν ptcl Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,
- Acts 15:17 ἂν ptcl That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.
- Acts 17:18 ἂν ptcl Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
- Acts 18:14 ἂν ptcl But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
- Acts 26:29 ἂν ptcl Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
Romans 6 verses
- Romans 3:4 ἂν ptcl May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, And might prevail when you come into judgment."
- Romans 9:15 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
- Romans 9:29 ἂν ἂν ptcl ptcl As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And would have been made like Gomorrah."
- Romans 10:13 ἂν ptcl For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."
- Romans 15:24 ἂν ptcl whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
- Romans 16:2 ἂν ptcl that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.
1 Corinthians 8 verses
- 1 Corinthians 2:8 ἂν ptcl which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 ἂν ptcl Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 ἂν ptcl Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
- 1 Corinthians 11:27 ἂν ptcl Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31 ἂν ptcl For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.
- 1 Corinthians 11:34 ἂν ptcl But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
- 1 Corinthians 12:2 ἂν ptcl You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 ἂν ptcl On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
2 Corinthians 4 verses
- 2 Corinthians 3:15 ἂν ptcl But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 ἂν ptcl For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
- 2 Corinthians 10:9 ἂν ptcl that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
- 2 Corinthians 11:21 ἄν ptcl I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
Galatians 2 verses
- Galatians 1:10 ἂν ptcl For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.
- Galatians 3:21 ἂν ptcl Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most assuredly righteousness would have been of the law.
Philippians 1 verse
Colossians 1 verse
Hebrews 6 verses
- Hebrews 1:13 ἂν ptcl But of which of the angels has he said at any time, "Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?"
- Hebrews 4:8 ἂν ptcl For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
- Hebrews 8:4 ἂν ptcl For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;
- Hebrews 8:7 ἂν ptcl For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
- Hebrews 10:2 ἂν ptcl Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?
- Hebrews 11:15 ἂν ptcl If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
1 John 4 verses
- 1 John 2:5 ἂν ptcl But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most assuredly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:
- 1 John 2:19 ἂν ptcl They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
- 1 John 3:17 ἂν ptcl But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
- 1 John 4:15 ἂν ptcl Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Revelation 2 verses
- Revelation 2:25 ἂν ptcl Nevertheless, hold firmly that which you have, until I come.
- Revelation 14:4 ἂν ptcl These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek word αν centers on the idea of “if.” Translators differ — “should” in the King James Version, then “whoever” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. It turns up in 151 verses across 14 books, a common footprint. First canonically at Matthew 2:13, it enters the text early. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G302 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 151
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 151 distinct verses.
- 14 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 14 of 27 New Testament books.
- #96
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Greek words (rank 96 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 151 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 151 distinct verses.
- Gospels 101 verses · 67%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 44 verses · 29%
- Johannine 28 verses · 19%
- Pauline corpus 22 verses · 15%
- Hebrews 6 verses · 4%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 4 verses · 3%
- Revelation 2 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Should 6×, Would 5×, Soever 4×
- American Standard Version: I 16×, Whosoever 10×, Shall 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: If 4×, That 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Whoever 36×, Whatever 14×, Until 9×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G302 across 79 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 45 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 111 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G302 across 95 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G302 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 112 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G302 across 184 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 79 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- has no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AV
Word origin
Origin: a primary particle
A primary particle denoting a supposition wish possibility or uncertainty : - [what- where- whither- who-] soever. Usually unexpressed except by the subjunctive or potential mood. Also contraction for G1437 .
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms G302 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἂν àn | Particle | Matthew 2:13 | 152 |
| ἄν án | Particle | John 4:10 | 13 |
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αν appears 537 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 491 verses in 28 books.
- 537
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 491
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 28 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 28 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:17 ἄν
- Exodus 1:10 ἄν
- Leviticus 2:8 ἄν
- Numbers 5:9 ἄν
- Deuteronomy 3:20 ἄν
- Joshua 1:3 ἄν
- Judges 7:5 ἄν
- Ruth 2:9 ἄν
- 1 Samuel 1:23 ἄν
- 2 Samuel 7:3 ἄν
- 1 Kings 1:21 ἄν
- 2 Kings 5:6 ἄν
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G302) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 491. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:17 ἄν but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
- Genesis 3:5 ἄν for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
- Genesis 6:4 ἄν The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 11:6 ἄν Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
- Genesis 12:1 ἄν Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 12:12 ἄν It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
- Genesis 12:13 ἄν Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
- Genesis 16:6 ἄν But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
- Genesis 18:19 ἄν For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Genesis 19:8 ἄν See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
- Genesis 21:6 ἄν Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me."
- Genesis 22:2 ἄν He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
- Genesis 23:15 ἄν "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
- Genesis 24:14 ἄν Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink.' She will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' Let the same be she who you have appointed for your servant Isaac. Thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master."
- Genesis 24:19 ἄν When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking."
- Genesis 24:43 ἄν Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink.
- Genesis 26:2 ἄν Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.
- Genesis 30:27 ἄν Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
- Genesis 30:38 ἄν He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
- Genesis 30:42 ἄν but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them in. So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
- Genesis 31:27 ἄν Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
- Genesis 31:42 ἄν Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
- Genesis 33:10 ἄν Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
- Genesis 34:12 ἄν Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."
- Genesis 39:3 ἄν His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.
- Genesis 42:38 ἄν He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him by the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
- Genesis 43:10 ἄν for unless we had lingered, surely we would have returned a second time by now."
- Genesis 44:8 ἄν Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
- Genesis 44:9 ἄν With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondservants."
- Genesis 44:10 ἄν He said, "Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless."
- Genesis 49:10 ἄν The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
- Genesis 50:20 ἄν As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
- Exodus 1:10 ἄν Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."
- Exodus 9:19 ἄν Now therefore command that all of your cattle and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"
- Exodus 9:29 ἄν Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.
- Exodus 10:28 ἄν Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"
- Exodus 12:15 ἄν Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
- Exodus 12:19 ἄν Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land.
- Exodus 12:25 ἄν It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.
- Exodus 13:9 ἄν It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:11 ἄν "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,
- Exodus 15:16 ἄν Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone; Until your people pass over, Yahweh, Until the people pass over who you have purchased.
- Exodus 20:20 ἄν Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."
- Exodus 20:26 ἄν Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'
- Exodus 21:22 ἄν "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
- Exodus 22:8 ἄν If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
- Exodus 23:22 ἄν But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
- Exodus 23:30 ἄν Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.
- Exodus 25:2 ἄν "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.
- Exodus 25:16 ἄν You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G302) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
