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 16:23καὶ · withIn Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- Luke 16:24Καὶ · So; καὶ · and; καὶ · andSo he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
- Luke 16:25καὶ · [while]But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
- Luke 16:26καὶ · And; καὶ · andAnd besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
- Luke 16:28καὶ…for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
- Luke 16:29καὶ · andBut Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
- Luke 16:31καὶ · andThen Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
- Luke 17:2καὶ · andIt would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
- Luke 17:3καὶ · andWatch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
- Luke 17:4καὶ · Even; καὶ · andEven if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
- Luke 17:5ΚαὶThe apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
- Luke 17:6καὶ · and; καὶ · andAnd the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
- Luke 17:8καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · andInstead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you may eat and drink’?
- Luke 17:10καὶ · alsoSo you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- Luke 17:11Καὶ · While; καὶ; καὶ · andWhile Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
- Luke 17:12καὶ · AsAs He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
- Luke 17:13καὶ · and…and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
- Luke 17:14Καὶ; καὶ · AndWhen Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
- Luke 17:16καὶ; καὶ · andHe fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
- Luke 17:19καὶ · ThenThen Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”
- Luke 17:20καὶWhen asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
- Luke 17:22καὶ · butThen He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
- Luke 17:23καὶPeople will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.
- Luke 17:25καὶ · andBut first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
- Luke 17:26Καὶ · Just; καὶ · alsoJust as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Luke 17:27καὶ · Then; καὶ · andPeople were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- Luke 17:29καὶ · and; καὶ · andBut on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
- Luke 17:31καὶ; καὶOn that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
- Luke 17:34καὶ · andI tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
- Luke 17:37Καὶ; καὶ“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
- Luke 18:1καὶ · andThen Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- Luke 18:2καὶ“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
- Luke 18:3καὶAnd there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’