ἂν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἂν

   an

   if
2. sentence🔊 αὐτὸς Δαυὶδ εἶπεν ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ Εἶπεν κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν σου

   au-TOS da-UID EI-pen en tôi PNEU-ma-ti tôi ha-GI-ôi EI-pen KY-ri-os tôi ky-RI-ôi mou KA-thou ek de-ksi-ÔN mou HE-ôs an THÔ tous ekh-thROUS sou hy-po-KA-tô tôn po-DÔN sou

   himself David said in the Spirit the holy said Lord to the Lord my sit from right {hand side} my until if I put the enemies your under the feet your

Exegesis

The temporal clause heōs an thō tous echthrous sou hypokatō tōn podōn sou {ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν σου | hé-ōs án thô toùs ekh-throús soû hy-po-ká-tō tôn po-dôn soû} uses heōs with the particle an plus the aorist subjunctive thō to express a future, divinely initiated action whose timing remains open‑ended. The object phrase tous echthrous sou is complemented by hypokatō with the genitive tōn podōn sou, forming a conquest image of enemies reduced to a position under the feet of the enthroned Lord. In translation, the embedded quotation is preserved with nested quotation marks, the two “Lord” figures are distinguished contextually by “my Lord,” and the right‑hand imagery is rendered in honorific terms while maintaining the temporal “until” clause that highlights the progression from enthronement to final subjugation.

Root and etymology

lambano🔊 λαμβάνωlambda–alpha–mu–beta–alpha–nu–omega

“to take, seize, receive”

• 🔊 παραλαμβάνωparalambanoto take alongMatthew 2:13
• 🔊 καταλαμβάνωkatalambanoto seize, overtakeJohn 1:5