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
- Luke 11:5καὶ; καὶ · andThen Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
- Luke 11:6καὶ · and…because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
- Luke 11:7καὶ · andAnd suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
- Luke 11:8καὶ · evenI tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
- Luke 11:9καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · andSo I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Luke 11:10καὶ; καὶ · andFor everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Luke 11:11καὶ · insteadWhat father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
- Luke 11:12καὶOr if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
- Luke 11:14Καὶ · [One day]; καὶ; καὶOne day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
- Luke 11:17καὶ · andKnowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.
- Luke 11:18καὶIf Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
- Luke 11:22καὶ · and [then]But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
- Luke 11:23καὶ · andHe who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
- Luke 11:24καὶ · andWhen an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
- Luke 11:25καὶ; καὶ · andOn its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
- Luke 11:26καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · AndThen it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
- Luke 11:27καὶ · and [blessed are]As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- Luke 11:28καὶ · andBut He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Luke 11:29καὶ · butAs the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
- Luke 11:30καὶFor as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
- Luke 11:31καὶ · and; καὶ · andThe Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- Luke 11:32καὶ · and; καὶ · andThe men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
- Luke 11:34καὶ · also; καὶYour eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
- Luke 11:39καὶ · and; καὶ · andThen the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- Luke 11:40καὶ · as wellYou fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
- Luke 11:41καὶ · andBut give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
- Luke 11:42καὶ; καὶ · and; καὶ · but; καὶ · andWoe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
- Luke 11:43καὶ · andWoe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
- Luke 11:44καὶ · [which]Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
- Luke 11:45καὶ · as wellOne of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
- Luke 11:46Καὶ · as well; καὶ · but“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
- Luke 11:48καὶSo you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
- Luke 11:49καὶBecause of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’