Luke 19:31:2Luke.19.31.W2TAB

ἐάν

ean

if

Transliteration
e-AN
Extended
eh-AHN
IPA
/eˈan/

Meaning by language

English
if

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Result
ἐ + άν
e + an
ean

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-AN

  2. sentence

    KAI e-AN tis hy-MAS e-rō-TA di-A TI LY-e-te HOU-tōs e-REI-te HO-ti HO KY-ree-os au-TOU KHREI-an E-khei

Exegesis

The sentence begins with the coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí}, linking this instruction to the preceding narrative, and introduces a conditional protasis with ean {ἐάν | eán} followed by the indefinite subject tis {τις | tis} and the verb erōtā {ἐρωτᾷ | erōtâ}.

Root and etymology

Rootsigma–upsilon–kappa–omicron–mu–omicron–rho–epsilon–alpha

sycomore-fig tree

In contextLuke 19:31

And if anyone asks you, “Why are you untying it?” thus you shall say, “The Lord has need of it.”

About this coordinate

Luke 19:31:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 19:31, so the Greek word ἐάν (ean) 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 Luke.19.31.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.31.W2.S1) and character.