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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 7:16καὶ
    “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
  2. John 7:18καὶ
    He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
  3. John 7:19καὶ · Yet
    Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
  4. John 7:21καὶ; καὶ · and
    Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
  5. John 7:22καὶ
    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
  6. John 7:26καὶ · Yet; καὶ · and
    Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
  7. John 7:28καὶ; καὶ · and; καὶ
    Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
  8. John 7:30καὶ · but
    So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
  9. John 7:31καὶ · and
    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
  10. John 7:32καὶ; καὶ · and
    When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
  11. John 7:33καὶ · and then
    So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
  12. John 7:34καὶ · [but]; καὶ · and
    You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
  13. John 7:35καὶ · and
    At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
  14. John 7:36καὶ · [but]; καὶ · and
    What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
  15. John 7:37καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
  16. John 7:42καὶ · and
    Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
  17. John 7:45καὶ · and; καὶ
    Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
  18. John 7:47καὶ · also
    “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
  19. John 7:51καὶ
    “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
  20. John 7:52καὶ; καὶ · also; καὶ · and
    “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
  21. John 7:53Καὶ · Then
    Then each went to his own home.
  22. John 8:2καὶ; καὶ · and
    Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
  23. John 8:3καὶ · and; καὶ
    The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them
  24. John 8:7καὶ · and
    When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
  25. John 8:8καὶ · And
    And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.
  26. John 8:9καὶ; καὶ · with
    When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there.
  27. John 8:11καὶ · and
    “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
  28. John 8:14καὶ; καὶ · and
    Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
  29. John 8:16καὶ · even; καὶ · [am with]
    But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
  30. John 8:17Καὶ · Even
    Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
  31. John 8:18καὶ · and
    I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”
  32. John 8:19καὶ · as well
    “Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
  33. John 8:20καὶ · Yet
    He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
  34. John 8:21καὶ · and
    Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”