καί
kaiConjunctionG2532
and
From: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force;
Short Definition
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
Full Lexicon Entry
conj., and
I
Copulative.
1.Connecting single words
ain general
withjoining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole
2.Connecting clauses and sentences
bjoining affirmative to negative sentences
withconsecutive, and so
d= καίτοι, and yet
ebeginning an apodosis (= Heb. וְ; so sometimes *δέ *in cl.), then
3.Epexegetic, and, and indeed, namely
4.In transition
V
Burton, §§357-60; M, Pr., 14, 16).
5.*καὶ *. . καί, both . . and (for *τε *. . καί, see: τε)
aconnecting single words
bclauses and sentences
II
Adjunctive, also, even, still: mult.; esp. with pron., adv., etc., al; ὡς κ.; καθὼς κ.; οὑτω κ.; διὸ κ.; ὁ κ.; pleonastically, μετὰ κ. ; τί κ.; ἀλλὰ κ., καίγε; καίπερ; 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., if haply, if
1.with subjc.
apres.
2.C. indic, (as in late writers, fr. Arist. on; see WH, App., 171; VD, M, App., §77; Deiss., BS, 201f., LAE, 155, 254; M, Pr., 168, 187; Bl., §65, 4)
afut.
bpres.
3.With other particles
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.)
LXX Usage: for אִם . . אִם
Grammar
Part of Speech Conjunction
Morphology G:CONJ
DescriptionGreek Conjunction
Occurrences
5,280 timesAppears 5,280 times in the New Testament. Top books include:
Luke
859
Matthew
725
Acts
684
Mark
572
John
552
Key Passages
- 1 Corinthians 1:1
- Acts 20:1
- John 17:25
- Luke 6:20
- Mark 14:17
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