Mark 16:18:3Mark.16.18.W3TAB

κἂν

kan

even if

Transliteration
KAN
Extended
KAHN
IPA
/ˈkan/

Meaning by language

English
even if

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    KAN

  2. sentence

    O-pheis a-ROU-sin KAN tha-NA-si-MON ti PI-ō-sin ou MÊ au-TOUS BLA-psē e-PI ar-RŌS-tous KHEI-ras e-pi-THÊ-sou-sin kai ka-LÔS HEK-sou-sin

Exegesis

Between these, a conditional-hypothetical clause is introduced by kan {κἂν | kan} ‘and if’, formed from crasis of kai and ean, followed by the aorist subjunctive piōsin {πίωσιν | pí-ō-sin} ‘they might drink’ and the emphatic negation ou mē {οὐ μὴ | ou mḕ}.

In contextMark 16:18

They will pick up snakes, and if they drink anything deadly , it will by no means harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well .

About this coordinate

Mark 16:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 16:18, so the Greek word κἂν (kan) 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 Mark.16.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.18.W3.S1) and character.