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Notes:
(1) In Luke 19:44 (
KJV
, “shall lay thee even with the ground”), there is no
word representing “even”; the verb
signifies “to beat level” (like a threshing
floor); hence, “to dash to the ground” See
DASH
.¶
(2) In Heb. 12:13 the adjective
, “straight,” is rendered “even” in the
KJV
, marg.
EVEN (Adverb, etc.), EVEN AS, EVEN SO
1.
(
&
, 2532), a conjunction, is usually a mere connective, meaning “and”; it
frequently, however, has an ascensive or climactic use, signifying “even,” the thing that
is added being out of the ordinary, and producing a climax. The determination of this
meaning depends on the context. Examples are Matt. 5:46-47; Mark 1:27; Luke 6:33
(
RV
); 10:17; John 12:42; Gal. 2:13, 17, where “also” should be “even”; Eph. 5:12.
Examples where the
RV
corrects the
KJV
“and” or “also,” by substituting “even,” are Luke
7:49; Acts 17:28; Heb. 11:11; in 1 John 4:3 the
RV
rightly omits “even.”
When followed by “if” or “though,”
often signifies “even,” e.g., Matt. 26:35; John
8:14. So sometimes when preceded by “if,” e.g., 1 Cor. 7:11, where “but and if” should
be “but even if.”
The epexegetic or explanatory use of
followed by a noun in apposition, and
meaning “namely,” or “even” is comparatively rare. Winer’s cautionary word needs
heeding, that “this meaning has been introduced into too many passages” (Gram. of the
NT, p. 546.). Some think it has this sense in John 3:5, “water, even the Spirit,” and Gal.
6:16, “even the Israel of God.”
2. (
!
, 1161), usually signifying “but,” is sometimes used for emphasis, signifying
“even,” e.g., Rom. 3:22; 9:30, “even the righteousness”; Phil. 2:8 (
RV
, “yea”). This is to
be distinguished from No. 1.
3. (
+
, 2089), an adverb, “as yet, still,” is rendered “even” in Luke 1:15.
4.
(
.
, 5613), “as,” in comparative sentences, is sometimes translated “even as,”
Matt. 15:28; Mark 4:36; Eph. 5:33; 1 Pet. 3:6 (
KJV
only); Jude 7.
5.
$
(
%
, 3778), or
$
, “so, thus,” is frequently rendered “even so,” e.g.,
Matt. 7:17; 12:45; 18:14; 23:28; “so” in 1 Cor. 11:12 and 1 Thess. 2:4,
RV
.
6.
(
0
, 2531), “according as” (
, “according to,” and No. 4), is
frequently translated “even as,” e.g., Mark 11:6; Luke 1:2; 1 Thess. 5:11.
7.
(
O $
, 5618), No. 4, strengthened by
, is translated “even as” in Matt.
20:28.
8.
(
1 $
, 2509), “just as, even as,” is rendered “even as” in Rom. 4:6;
9:13; 10:15; 12:4 (
RV
); 2 Cor. 3:18; 1 Thess. 3:6, 12; 4:5; Heb. 4:2; “according as,” Rom.
11:8; elsewhere simply “as.”
9.
(
&
, 3483), a particle of strong affirmation, “yea, verily, even so,” is rendered
“even so” in the
KJV
, “yea” in the
RV
, in Matt. 11:26; Luke 10:21; Rev. 16:7; both
KJV
and
RV
have it in Rev. 1:7; the most authentic mss. omit it in 22:20. See
SURELY
,
TRUTH
,
VERILY
,
YEA
,
YES
.