John 18:30:12John.18.30.W12TAB
ἄν
an
“would”
- Transliteration
- AN
- Extended
- ahn
- IPA
- /an/
Meaning by language
- English
- would
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
AN
- phraseyour reading level
OUK AN soi pa-re-DÔ-ka-men au-TON
- clause
EI MÊ ÊN HOO-tos ka-KON poi-ÔN OUK AN soi pa-re-DÔ-ka-men au-TON
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê-san KAI EI-pan au-TOI EI MÊ ÊN HOO-tos ka-KON poi-ÔN OUK AN soi pa-re-DÔ-ka-men au-TON
Exegesis
paredokamen {οὐκ ἄν ... παρεδώκαμεν | ouk an ... paredōkamen} ‘would not have delivered’ is counterfactual: the modal particle an with the aorist indicative expresses what would not have occurred in the past.
Root and etymology
apokrinomaialpha pi omicron kappa rho iota nu omicron mu alpha iota
“to answer, respond”
In context — John 18:30
They made this reply to him: “If this man were not engaged in wrongdoing , we would not have surrendered him to you.”
About this coordinate
John 18:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of John 18:30, so the Greek word ἄν (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.18.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.30.W12.S1) and character.