John 14:13:4John.14.13.W4TAB

ἂν

an

ever

Transliteration
AN
Extended
AN
IPA
/ˈan/

Meaning by language

English
ever

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    AN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI HO ti AN ai-TÊ-sê-te en tôi o-NO-ma-TI mou TOU-to poi-Ê-sô

  3. sentence

    KAI HO ti AN ai-TÊ-sê-te en tôi o-NO-ma-TI mou TOU-to poi-Ê-sô HI-na dok-sas-THÊ ho pa-TÊR en tôi hy-ÔI

Exegesis

The sentence begins with the open-ended petition clause ho ti an aitēsēte {ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε | hó ti án aitḗsēte} ‘whatever you might ask’. The combination of the indefinite elements with ἄν keeps the request unrestricted while still contingent.

Root and etymology

orphanosomicron–rho–phi–alpha–nu–omicron–sigma

bereft, without guardians

In contextJohn 14:13

And whatever you may ask in My name, this I will accomplish, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son .

About this coordinate

John 14:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 14:13, so the Greek word ἂν (an) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.14.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.14.13.W4.S1) and character.