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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. John 3:22καὶ; καὶ · and
    After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
  2. John 3:23καὶ · also; καὶ · and; καὶ
    Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
  3. John 3:26καὶ · So; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
  4. John 3:27καὶ
    John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
  5. John 3:29καὶ · and
    The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
  6. John 3:31καὶ · and
    The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
  7. John 3:32καὶ · and; καὶ · yet
    He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
  8. John 3:35καὶ · and
    The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  9. John 4:1καὶ · and
    When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
  10. John 4:3καὶ · and
    He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
  11. John 4:10καὶ; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  12. John 4:11καὶ · and
    “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
  13. John 4:12καὶ · and; καὶ · [as did]; καὶ · and
    Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
  14. John 4:13καὶ
    Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
  15. John 4:16καὶ · and
    Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
  16. John 4:17καὶ
    “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
  17. John 4:18καὶ · and
    In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
  18. John 4:20καὶ · but
    Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
  19. John 4:23καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ
    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
  20. John 4:24καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
  21. John 4:27Καὶ · Just then; καὶ · and
    Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
  22. John 4:28καὶ; καὶ · and
    Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
  23. John 4:30καὶ · and
    So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
  24. John 4:34καὶ · and
    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  25. John 4:35καὶ · [until]; καὶ · and
    Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
  26. John 4:36καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
  27. John 4:37καὶ · and
    For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
  28. John 4:38καὶ · and
    I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
  29. John 4:40καὶ · and
    So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
  30. John 4:41Καὶ · And
    And many more believed because of His message.
  31. John 4:42καὶ · and
    They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
  32. John 4:45καὶ · as well
    Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
  33. John 4:46Καὶ · And
    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.