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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. Matthew 19:3καὶ
    Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
  2. Matthew 19:4καὶ · and
    Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
  3. Matthew 19:5καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    …and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
  4. Matthew 19:7καὶ · and
    “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
  5. Matthew 19:9καὶ · and
    Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
  6. Matthew 19:12καὶ; καὶ · and
    For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
  7. Matthew 19:13καὶ · and
    Then little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
  8. Matthew 19:14καὶ · and
    But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
  9. Matthew 19:15καὶ · And
    And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.
  10. Matthew 19:16Καὶ · Just then
    Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
  11. Matthew 19:19καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    …honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
  12. Matthew 19:21καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · Then
    Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
  13. Matthew 19:27καὶ
    “Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
  14. Matthew 19:28καὶ
    Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  15. Matthew 19:29καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
  16. Matthew 19:30καὶ · and
    But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
  17. Matthew 20:3Καὶ
    About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
  18. Matthew 20:4καὶ; καὶ · also; καὶ · and
    ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
  19. Matthew 20:5καὶ · and
    So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
  20. Matthew 20:6καὶ
    About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
  21. Matthew 20:7καὶ · also
    ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
  22. Matthew 20:8καὶ · and
    When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
  23. Matthew 20:9Καὶ
    The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
  24. Matthew 20:10καὶ · So when; καὶ · But; καὶ · also
    So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
  25. Matthew 20:12καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
  26. Matthew 20:14καὶ · and; καὶ · [I gave]
    Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
  27. Matthew 20:16καὶ · and
    So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
  28. Matthew 20:17Καὶ · As; καὶ · and
    As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
  29. Matthew 20:18καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ
    “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
  30. Matthew 20:19καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · And
    …and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”