ἐὰν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐὰν

   e-AN

   if
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως,

   e-AN E-khê-te PIS-tin HÔS KOK-kon si-NA-pe-ôs

   if you have faith as a grain of mustard
3. clause🔊 ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ·

   a-MÊN GAR LE-gô hy-MEEN e-AN E-khê-te PIS-tin HÔS KOK-kon si-NA-pe-ôs e-REI-te TÔ O-rei TOU-tô

   for truly I say to you if you have faith as a grain of mustard you will say to the mountain this
4. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ ⸀λέγει αὐτοῖς· Διὰ τὴν ⸀ὀλιγοπιστίαν ὑμῶν· ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ· ⸂Μετάβα ἔνθεν⸃ ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀδυνατήσει ⸀ὑμῖν.

   HO DE LE-yei au-TOIS di-A TÊN o-li-go-pis-TI-an hy-MÔN a-MÊN GAR LE-gô hy-MEEN e-AN E-khê-te PIS-tin HÔS KOK-kon si-NA-pe-ôs e-REI-te TÔ O-rei TOU-tô me-TA-ba EN-then e-KEI KAI me-ta-BÊ-se-tai KAI ou-DEN a-dy-na-TÊ-sei hy-MEEN

   but He says to them because of you the little faith of for truly I say to you if you have faith as a grain of mustard you will say to the mountain this Move from here there and it will move and nothing will be impossible for you

Exegesis

A third-class conditional (ean + subjunctive) in the protasis, ean echēte pistin hōs kokkon sinapeōs {ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως | e-án É-chē-te pís-tin hōs kók-kon si-ná-pe-ōs}, introduces a real yet contingent possibility, with the simile marked by hōs.