# ἐάν/ean This word changes the meaning of the words near it in some way. It is a particle. * This word is used to say that if one or more things are true, something else should happen. * This word is used when writing that if at any time or in any place something is true, then something else will also happen. * This word is used when writing that when at any time or in any place something was true, then something else also happened. * This word is used when writing that if at any time something is true, then something else will also happen. This word means almost the same thing as ἄν (G302).