Romans 7:3:8Rom.7.3.W8TAB
ἐὰν
ean
“if”
- Transliteration
- e-AN
- Extended
- eh-AHN
- IPA
- /eˈan/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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e-AN
- sentence
A-ra oun ZON-tos tou an-DROS moi-kha-LIS khre-ma-TI-sei e-AN GE-nê-tai an-DRI he-TE-rô e-AN de a-po-THA-nê ho a-NÊR e-leu-THE-ra es-TIN a-PO tou NO-mou tou mê EI-nai au-TÊN moi-kha-LI-da ge-no-ME-nên an-DRI he-TE-rô
Exegesis
The protasis introduced by ean with the aorist middle subjunctive genetai antri heterō {ἐάν γένηται ἀνδρί ἑτέρῳ | e-an gé-nē-tai an-drí he-té-rō} ‘if she becomes to another man’ expresses the marital transition.
A second conditional clause appears with ean de apothanē ho anēr {ἐάν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἀνήρ | e-an dé a-po-thánē ho a-nḗr} ‘but if the husband dies’, leading to the declarative eleuthera estin apo tou nomou {ἐλευθέρα ἐστὶν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου | e-leu-thé-ra es-tín a-pó toû nó-mou} ‘she is free from the law,’ which denotes her changed legal status.
In context — Romans 7:3
So then, while her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress if she is joined to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law , so that she is not an adulteress, having become another man’s wife.
About this coordinate
Romans 7:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Romans 7:3, so the Greek word ἐὰν (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 Rom.7.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.7.3.W8.S1) and character.