particle of contingency

which cannot usually be separately translated in English, its force depending on the constructions which contain it (see further, LS, s.v.; WM, §xlii; M, , 165 ff.; MM, , s.v.). Pr. VGT In apodosis, c. indic, impf. or aor., expressing what would be or would have been if ( c. impf., aor. or plpf.) some condition were or had been fulfilled: , , , , , , , al. The protasis is sometimes understood (as also in cl.): , . In hypothetical sentences, expressing unreality, (as often in late writers, more rarely in cl.) is omitted: 19:11, , ; εἰ ἄν Lk 7:39 17:6 Jo 5:46 Ga 1:10 Mt 12:7 24:43 I Co 2:8 Ac 18:14 I Jo 2:19 Mt 25:27 Lk 19:23 Jo 8:39 15:24 Ro 7:7 Ga 4:15 c. opt., inf., ptcp. (cl.; v. LS, s.v.; M, , §275; M, , 167:4). Int. Pr. In combination with conditional, relative, temporal, and final words; as in cl., c. subj., in protasis with , in Attic contr. , q.v.; εἰ ἐάν in conditional, relative, and temporal clauses (coalescing with , etc.; v.s. , etc.), ; ὅτε, ἐπεί ὅταν, ἐπάν ever, soever c. pres., , ; , , al.; , ; , (M, , 167); ἡνίκα ὃς ἄν ὅσοι ἄν ὡς ἄν II Co 3:15 Ro 9:15 16:2 Lk 9:5 Ro 15:24 (LXX) Pr. c. aor., , , , ; , , , , al.; , (M, , 167), , . On the freq. use of for with the foregoing words, v.s. ; ὃς ἄν ἕως ἄν ὡς ἄν ἐάν ἄν ἐάν Mt 5:21 22 31 Mt 2:13 Mk 6:10 I Co 11:34 Phl 2:23 until as soon as Pr. in late Gk., when some actual fact is spoken of, c. indic.: (q.v.); , (M, , 168); , ; , . ὅταν ὅπου ἄν καθότι ἄν ὡς ἄν Mk 6:56 Ac 2:45 4:35 I Co 12:2 Pr. in iterative construction, c. impf. and aor. indic. (M, , 167): , . Pr. Ac 2:45 4:35 I Co 12:2 c. optat., giving a potential sense to a question or wish: . Ac 8:31 26:29 Elliptical constructions: (M, , 169), ; , c. inf., (op. cit. 167), . εἰ μή τι ἄν ὡς ἄν Pr. I Co 7:5 II Co 10:9 as it were

(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever