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καί

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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. Luke 23:49καὶ · including
    But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
  2. Luke 23:50Καὶ · Now; καὶ; καὶ · and
    Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
  3. Luke 23:51καὶ · [or]
    …who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.
  4. Luke 23:53καὶ · Then; καὶ · and
    Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
  5. Luke 23:54καὶ; καὶ · and
    It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
  6. Luke 23:55καὶ · and
    The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
  7. Luke 23:56καὶ · and; Καὶ · And
    Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
  8. Luke 24:4καὶ; καὶ
    While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
  9. Luke 24:5καὶ
    As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
  10. Luke 24:7καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
  11. Luke 24:8Καὶ · Then
    Then they remembered His words.
  12. Luke 24:9καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
  13. Luke 24:10καὶ; καὶ; καὶ · and
    It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.
  14. Luke 24:11καὶ · But; καὶ · and
    But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
  15. Luke 24:12καὶ · And [after]; καὶ
    Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
  16. Luke 24:13Καὶ
    That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
  17. Luke 24:14καὶ
    They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
  18. Luke 24:15καὶ · And; καὶ · and; καὶ
    And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.
  19. Luke 24:17Καὶ
    He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
  20. Luke 24:18καὶ · [who]
    One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”
  21. Luke 24:19Καὶ; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    “What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.
  22. Luke 24:20καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
  23. Luke 24:21καὶ · And
    But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
  24. Luke 24:22καὶ
    Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,
  25. Luke 24:23καὶ · but; καὶ
    …but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.
  26. Luke 24:24καὶ · Then; καὶ · and; καὶ
    Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”
  27. Luke 24:25Καὶ · Then; καὶ · and
    Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  28. Luke 24:26καὶ · and then
    Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
  29. Luke 24:27καὶ · And
    And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.