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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 6:17καὶ; καὶ; καὶ · and
    …got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
  2. John 6:19καὶ; καὶ · and
    When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.
  3. John 6:21καὶ · and
    Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
  4. John 6:22καὶ · and
    The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
  5. John 6:24καὶ · and
    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
  6. John 6:25καὶ · [When]
    When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
  7. John 6:26καὶ; καὶ · and
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
  8. John 6:29καὶ
    Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
  9. John 6:30καὶ · and
    So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
  10. John 6:33καὶ · and
    For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
  11. John 6:35καὶ · and
    Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
  12. John 6:36καὶ; καὶ · and still
    But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
  13. John 6:37καὶ · and
    Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  14. John 6:40καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  15. John 6:42καὶ; καὶ · and
    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
  16. John 6:43καὶ
    “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.
  17. John 6:45Καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
  18. John 6:49καὶ · yet
    Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
  19. John 6:50καὶ · and
    This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
  20. John 6:51καὶ · And
    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
  21. John 6:53καὶ · and
    So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
  22. John 6:54καὶ · and
    Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  23. John 6:55καὶ · and
    For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
  24. John 6:56καὶ · and
    Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
  25. John 6:57καὶ · so
    Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
  26. John 6:58καὶ · and
    This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
  27. John 6:63καὶ · and
    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  28. John 6:64καὶ · and
    However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
  29. John 6:65Καὶ · Then
    Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
  30. John 6:66καὶ · and
    From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
  31. John 6:67καὶ · too
    So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
  32. John 6:69καὶ; καὶ · and
    We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
  33. John 6:70καὶ · Yet
    Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
  34. John 7:1Καὶ
    After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
  35. John 7:3καὶ · and; καὶ · [there]
    So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
  36. John 7:4καὶ
    For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
  37. John 7:10καὶ · also
    But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
  38. John 7:11καὶ · and
    So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
  39. John 7:12καὶ
    Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
  40. John 7:14καὶ · and
    About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.