Matthew 19:9:6Matt.19.9.W6TAB

ἂν

an

ever

Transliteration
AN
Extended
AN
IPA
/ˈan/

Meaning by language

English
ever

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    AN

  2. sentence

    LE-gô DE hy-MIN HO-ti HOS AN a-po-LY-sê TÊN gy-NAI-ka au-TOO MÊ e-PI por-NEI-a KAI ga-MÊ-sê AL-lên moi-KHA-tai KAI HO a-po-le-ly-MÊ-nên ga-MÊ-sas moi-KHA-tai

Exegesis

Within, hos {ὃς | hòs} ‘whoever’ plus an {ἂν | àn} and the aorist subjunctive apolysē {ἀπολύσῃ | apolýsē} ‘may divorce’ expresses any potential dissolution of marriage.

Root and etymology

Iordanesiota–omicron–rho–delta–alpha–nu–eta–sigma

the descender

In contextMatthew 19:9

But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife, except on account of sexual immorality , and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries the one who has been divorced also commits adultery .

About this coordinate

Matthew 19:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 19:9, so the Greek word ἂν (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 Matt.19.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.9.W6.S1) and character.