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
Usage patterns
Occurrences
- Matthew 25:30καὶ · And; καὶ · andAnd throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Matthew 25:31καὶ · andWhen the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- Matthew 25:32καὶ; καὶ · andAll the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.
- Matthew 25:35καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · andFor I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
- Matthew 25:36καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · andI was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
- Matthew 25:37καὶ · and; καὶ · andThen the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?
- Matthew 25:38καὶ · and; καὶ · andWhen did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
- Matthew 25:39καὶ · andWhen did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’
- Matthew 25:40Καὶ · AndAnd the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Matthew 25:41καὶ; καὶ · andThen He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Matthew 25:42καὶ · and; καὶ; καὶ · andFor I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
- Matthew 25:43καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · andI was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’
- Matthew 25:44καὶ · too; καὶ · andAnd they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
- Matthew 25:46Καὶ · AndAnd they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Matthew 26:1ΚαὶWhen Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
- Matthew 26:2καὶ · and“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
- Matthew 26:3καὶ · andAt that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Matthew 26:4καὶ · and; καὶ · and…and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
- Matthew 26:7καὶ…a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
- Matthew 26:9καὶ · andThis perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
- Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- Matthew 26:16καὶ · SoSo from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
- Matthew 26:18καὶ · andHe answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
- Matthew 26:19καὶ · So; καὶ · andSo the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
- Matthew 26:21καὶ · And whileAnd while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
- They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
- Matthew 26:26καὶ; καὶ · andWhile they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
- Matthew 26:27Καὶ · Then; καὶThen He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
- Matthew 26:30Καὶ · And [when]And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Matthew 26:31Καὶ · andThen Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’