conjunction
epan
Greekἐπάν (epan)
Strong’sG1875
after, when
stem epan-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
† ἐπ-άν
conj.(< ἐπεί, q.v., ἄν)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1875 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
epan3×
Matthew 2:8“when”kai pemparatos autoin eis Bēthleem legata; Poreuiratois exetazavar akribōs peri teu paidieu; epan de heuriskaveia, apangellavar mi, hopōs kamis ercharatos proskunameia auto.And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
Luke 11:22“when”epan de ischuroteros autou epercharatos nikateia auton, tan panoplian autou airatō epi ha peithatelē, kai teim skuleim autou diadōatō.But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
Luke 11:34“when”tos luchnos teu sōmeu atō tos ofthalmos su. hotan tos ofthalmos su haplouos ateiō, kai holem tem sōmem su fōteinem atō; epan de ponēros ateiō, kai tem sōmem su skoteinem.Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.