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καί

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greekNew TestamentConjunction9,023 occurrences27 books5,137 verses

Definition

καί,

conj.,

and

I. Copulative.

1. Connecting single words;

(a) in general: Matthew 2:18; 16:1, Mark 2:15, Luke 8:15, Hebrews 1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Matthew 23:23, Luke 14:21, Romans 7:12; 9:4, al.

(b) connecting numerals (WM, §37, 4): John 2:20, Acts 13:20;

(with) joining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole: Matthew 8:33; 26:59, Mark 16:17, Acts 5:29, al.

2. Connecting clauses and sentences: Matthew 3:12, Acts 5:21, al. mult.; esp.

(a) where, after the simplicity of the popular language, sentences are paratactically joined (WM, §60, 3; M, Pr., 12; Deiss., LAE, 128ff.): Matthew 1:21; 7:25, Mark 9:5, John 10:3, al.;

(b) joining affirmative to negative sentences: Luke 3:14, John 4:11, IIIJhn.10;

(with) consecutive, and so: Matthew 5:1; 23:32, Hebrews 3:19, al.; after imperatives, Matthew 4:19, Luke 7:7, al.;

(d) = καίτοι, and yet: Matthew 3:14; 6:26, Mark 12:12, Luke 18:7 (Field, Notes, 72), 1 Corinthians 5:2, al.;

(e) beginning an apodosis (= Heb. וְ; so sometimes δέ in cl.), then: Luke 2:21; 7:12, Acts 1:10; beginning a question (WM, §53, 3a): Mark 10:26, Luke 10:29, John 9:36.

3. Epexegetic, and, and indeed, namely (WM, §53, 3c): Luke 3:18, John 1:16, Acts 23:6, Romans 1:5, 1 Corinthians 3:5, al.

4. In transition: Matthew 4:23, Mark 5:1, 21, John 1:19, al.; so, Hebraistically, καὶ ἐγένετο (וַי:הִי; also ἐγένετο δέ), Mark 1:9 (cf. Luke 5:1; V. Burton, §§357-60; M, Pr., 14, 16).

5. καὶ . . . καί, both . . . and (for τε . . . καί, see: τε);

(a) connecting single words: Matthew 10:28, Mark 4:41, Romans 11:33, al.;

(b) clauses and sentences: Mark 9:13, John 7:28, 1 Corinthians 1:22, al.

II. Adjunctive, also, even, still: Matthew 5:39, 40; Mark 2:28, al. mult.; esp. with pron., adv., etc., Matthew 20:4, John 7:47, al; ὡς κ., Acts 11:17; καθὼς κ., Romans 15:7; οὑτω κ., Romans 6:11; διὸ κ., Luke 1:35; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS, 313ff.), Acts 13:9; pleonastically, μετὰ κ.. (Bl., §77, 7; Deiss., BS, 265f,), Philippians 4:3; τί κ., 1 Corinthians 15:29; ἀλλὰ κ., Luke 14:22, John 5:18, al.; καίγε (M, Pr., 230; Burton, §437), Acts 17:27; καίπερ, Hebrews 5:8; κ. ἐάν, see: ἐάν.

ἐάν, contr. fr. εἰ ἄν,

conditional particle,

representing something as "under certain circumstances actual or liable to happen," but not so definitely expected as in the case of εἰ with ind. (Bl., §65, 4; cf. John 13:17, 1 Corinthians 7:36), if haply, if;

1. with subjc. (cl.);

(a) pres.: Matthew 6:22, Luke 10:6, John 7:17, Romans 2:25, 26 al.;

{ __(b) aor. (= Lat. fut. pf.): Matthew 4:9; 16:26 (cf. ptcp. in Luke 9:25; M, Pr., 230), Mark 3:24, Luke 14:34, John 5:43, Romans 7:2, al.; = cl. εἰ, with opt., John 9:22; 11:57, Acts 9:2; as Heb. אִם = ὅταν, John 12:32; 14:3, I John 2:28; 3:2, Hebrews 3:7" (LXX) .

2. C. indic, (as in late writers, fr. Arist. on; see WH, App., 171; VD, MGr. 2, App., §77; Deiss., BS, 201f., LAE, 155, 254; M, Pr., 168, 187; Bl., §65, 4);

(a) fut.: Matthew 18:19 T, Luke 19:40, Acts 7:7;

(b) pres.: 1 Thessalonians 3:8 (see Milligan, in l.).

3. With other particles: ἐ. καί (Bl., §65, 6), Galatians 6:1; ἐ. μή (M, Pr., 185, 187; Bl., l.with), with subjc. pres., Matthew 10:13, 1 Corinthians 8:8, James 2:17, 1 John 3:21; aor., Matthew 6:15, Mark 3:27, John 3:3, Romans 10:15, Galatians 1:8; 2:16 (see Lft., Ellic., in ll.); ἐ. τε . . . ἐ. τε, [in LXX for אִם . . . אִם, Esther 19:13, al.,] Romans 14:8.

4. = cl. ἄν (which see) after relat. pronouns and adverbs (Tdf., Pr., 96; WH, App., 173; M, Pr., 42f.; Bl., §26, 4; Mayser, 152f.; Deiss., BS, 202ff.): ὃς ἐ., Matthew 5:19, Mark 6:22, 23, Luke 17:32, 1 Corinthians 6:18, al.; ὅπου ἐ., Matthew 8:19; ὁσάκις ἐ., Revelation 11:6; οὗ ἐ., 1 Corinthians 16:6; καθὸ ἐ., 2 Corinthians 8:12; ὅστις ἐ., Galatians 5:10.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as καί:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

9,023 total
  1. 1 Corinthians 7:29καὶ
    What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:30καὶ; καὶ; καὶ
    …those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:31καὶ · and
    …and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
  4. 1 Corinthians 7:34καὶ · and; καὶ; καὶ · [or]; καὶ · both; καὶ · and
    …and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  5. 1 Corinthians 7:35καὶ · and
    I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
  6. 1 Corinthians 7:36καὶ · and
    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
  7. 1 Corinthians 7:37καὶ · and
    But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
  8. 1 Corinthians 7:38καὶ; καὶ · but
    So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
  9. 1 Corinthians 8:4καὶ · and
    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  10. 1 Corinthians 8:5καὶ · even; καὶ · and
    For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
  11. 1 Corinthians 8:6καὶ · and; καὶ · And [ there is but ]; καὶ · and
    …yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
  12. 1 Corinthians 8:7καὶ · And
    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
  13. 1 Corinthians 8:12καὶ · and
    By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
  14. 1 Corinthians 9:4καὶ · and
    Have we no right to food and to drink?
  15. 1 Corinthians 9:5καὶ · [do]; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
  16. 1 Corinthians 9:6καὶ · and
    Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
  17. 1 Corinthians 9:7καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
  18. 1 Corinthians 9:8καὶ
    Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
  19. 1 Corinthians 9:10καὶ · and
    Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
  20. 1 Corinthians 9:14καὶ
    In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
  21. 1 Corinthians 9:20καὶ
    To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
  22. 1 Corinthians 9:27καὶ · and
    No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  23. 1 Corinthians 10:1καὶ · and [that]
    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
  24. 1 Corinthians 10:2καὶ; καὶ · and
    They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
  25. 1 Corinthians 10:3καὶ
    They all ate the same spiritual food
  26. 1 Corinthians 10:4καὶ · and
    …and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
  27. 1 Corinthians 10:7καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
  28. 1 Corinthians 10:8καὶ · and
    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
  29. 1 Corinthians 10:9καὶ · and
    We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
  30. 1 Corinthians 10:10καὶ · and
    And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
  31. 1 Corinthians 10:13καὶ
    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
  32. 1 Corinthians 10:20καὶ
    No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
  33. 1 Corinthians 10:21καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
  34. 1 Corinthians 10:26καὶ · and
    …for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”