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. Matthew 25:30καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  2. Matthew 25:31καὶ · and
    When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
  3. Matthew 25:32καὶ; καὶ · and
    All 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.
  4. He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.
  5. Matthew 25:35καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    For 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,
  6. Matthew 25:36καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
  7. Matthew 25:37καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?
  8. Matthew 25:38καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
  9. Matthew 25:39καὶ · and
    When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’
  10. Matthew 25:40Καὶ · And
    And 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.’
  11. Matthew 25:41καὶ; καὶ · and
    Then 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.
  12. Matthew 25:42καὶ · and; καὶ; καὶ · and
    For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
  13. Matthew 25:43καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    I 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.’
  14. Matthew 25:44καὶ · too; καὶ · and
    And 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?’
  15. Matthew 25:46Καὶ · And
    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  16. When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
  17. 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.”
  18. Matthew 26:3καὶ · and
    At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
  19. Matthew 26:4καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    …and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
  20. …a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
  21. Matthew 26:9καὶ · and
    This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
  22. 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.”
  23. Matthew 26:16καὶ · So
    So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
  24. Matthew 26:18καὶ · and
    He 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.’”
  25. Matthew 26:19καὶ · So; καὶ · and
    So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
  26. Matthew 26:21καὶ · And while
    And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
  27. They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
  28. Matthew 26:26καὶ; καὶ · and
    While 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.”
  29. Matthew 26:27Καὶ · Then; καὶ
    Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
  30. Matthew 26:30Καὶ · And [when]
    And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
  31. Matthew 26:31Καὶ · and
    Then 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.’