καί

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 John 3:22καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    …and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
  2. 1 John 3:23καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
  3. 1 John 3:24καὶ; καὶ · and; καὶ · And
    Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
  4. 1 John 4:3καὶ · and; καὶ; καὶ · and
    …and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
  5. 1 John 4:4καὶ · and
    You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
  6. 1 John 4:5καὶ · and
    They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
  7. 1 John 4:6καὶ · and
    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
  8. 1 John 4:7καὶ; καὶ · and
    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
  9. 1 John 4:10καὶ · and
    And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  10. 1 John 4:11καὶ · also
    Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  11. 1 John 4:12καὶ · and
    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
  12. 1 John 4:13καὶ · and
    By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
  13. 1 John 4:14καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
  14. 1 John 4:15καὶ · and
    If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
  15. 1 John 4:16καὶ · And; καὶ · and; καὶ; καὶ · and
    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
  16. In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
  17. 1 John 4:20καὶ · [but]
    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
  18. 1 John 4:21καὶ · And; καὶ · as well
    And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
  19. 1 John 5:1καὶ · and; καὶ · also
    Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
  20. 1 John 5:2καὶ · and
    By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
  21. 1 John 5:3καὶ · And
    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
  22. 1 John 5:4καὶ · And
    …because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
  23. 1 John 5:6καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · And
    This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  24. 1 John 5:8καὶ; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    …the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
  25. 1 John 5:11Καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
  26. 1 John 5:14Καὶ · And
    And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
  27. 1 John 5:15καὶ · And
    And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
  28. If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.
  29. 1 John 5:17καὶ · yet
    All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.
  30. 1 John 5:18καὶ · and
    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
  31. 1 John 5:19καὶ · and [that]
    We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
  32. 1 John 5:20καὶ · and
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.