Keraia
Lexicon

καί

kaiandHow to read Greek
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 10:25καὶ · but
    “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
  2. John 10:27καὶ · and
    My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
  3. John 10:28καὶ · and; καὶ
    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  4. John 10:29καὶ
    My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
  5. John 10:30καὶ · and
    I and the Father are one.”
  6. John 10:33καὶ
    “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
  7. John 10:35καὶ · and
    If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
  8. John 10:36καὶ · and
    …then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
  9. John 10:38καὶ · and
    But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
  10. John 10:39καὶ · but
    At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
  11. John 10:40Καὶ · Then; καὶ · and
    Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
  12. John 10:41καὶ; καὶ · and
    Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
  13. John 10:42καὶ · And
    And many in that place believed in Jesus.
  14. John 11:1καὶ · and
    At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
  15. John 11:2καὶ · and
    (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
  16. John 11:5καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
  17. John 11:8καὶ · and
    “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
  18. John 11:11καὶ
    After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
  19. John 11:15καὶ · and
    …and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
  20. John 11:16καὶ · also
    Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
  21. John 11:19καὶ · and
    …and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
  22. John 11:22καὶ
    But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
  23. John 11:25καὶ · and
    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  24. John 11:26καὶ · And; καὶ · and
    And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
  25. John 11:28Καὶ · [After]; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
  26. John 11:29καὶ · and
    And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
  27. John 11:31καὶ; καὶ · and
    When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
  28. John 11:33καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
  29. John 11:34καὶ; καὶ · and
    “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
  30. John 11:37καὶ · also
    But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
  31. John 11:38καὶ · [with]
    Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
  32. John 11:41καὶ · and
    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
  33. John 11:43Καὶ
    After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
  34. John 11:44καὶ · and; καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
  35. John 11:45καὶ · and
    Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
  36. John 11:46καὶ · and
    But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
  37. John 11:47καὶ · and; καὶ · and
    Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.