καίkaí
and.
Greek (New Testament) · G2532
Meanings
I. Copulative.
1. Connecting single words
(a) in general: Matthew 2:18, Matthew 16:1, Mark 2:15, Luke 8:15, Hebrews 1:1, and elsewhere many times; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Matthew 23:23, Luke 14:21, Romans 7:12, Romans 9:4, and elsewhere
(b) connecting numerals (WM, § 37, 4): John 2:20, Acts 13:20
(c) joining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole: Matthew 8:33, Matthew 26:59, Mark 16:17, Acts 5:29, and elsewhere
2. Connecting clauses and sentences: Matthew 3:12, Acts 5:21, and elsewhere many times; especially
(a) where, after the simplicity of the popular language, sentences are paratactically joined: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 7:25, Mark 9:5, John 10:3, and elsewhere
(b) joining affirmative to negative sentences: Luke 3:14, John 4:11, 3 John 1:10
(c) consecutive, and so: Matthew 5:15, Matthew 23:32, Hebrews 3:19, and elsewhere; after imperatives, Matthew 4:19, Luke 7:7, and elsewhere
(d) = καίτοι, and yet: Matthew 3:14, Matthew 6:26, Mark 12:12, Luke 18:7, 1 Corinthians 5:2, and elsewhere
(e) beginning an apodosis (= Heb. וְ; so sometimes δέ in classical Greek), then: Luke 2:21, Luke 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, and elsewhere
4. In transition: Matthew 4:23, Mark 5:1, Mark 5:21, John 1:19, and elsewhere; so, Hebraistically, καὶ ἐγένετο (וַיְהִי; 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, and elsewhere
(b) clauses and sentences: Mark 9:13, John 7:28, 1 Corinthians 1:22, and elsewhere
II. Adjunctive, also, even, still: Matthew 5:39, Matthew 5:40, Mark 2:28, and elsewhere many times; especially with pron., adverb, etc., Matthew 20:4, John 7:47, al; ὡς κ., Acts 11:17; καθὼς κ., Romans 15:7; οὕτω κ., Romans 6:11; διὸ κ., Luke 1:35; ὁ κ., Acts 13:9; pleonastically, μετὰ κ.., Philippians 4:3; τί κ., 1 Corinthians 15:29; ἀλλὰ κ., Luke 14:22, John 5:18, and elsewhere; καίγε, Acts 17:27; καίπερ, Hebrews 5:8; κ. ἐάν, see ἐάν.
Same root
- εἰ καίei kaí · G1499if also (or even)
- κἀκεῖνοςkakeînos · G2548likewise that (or those)
- τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατοςtessareskaidékatos · G5065fourteenth
- καίγεkaíge · G2534and at least (or even, indeed)
- ὁ ὢν καί ὁ ἦν καί ὁ ἐρχόμενοςho ṑn kaí ho ēn kaí ho erchómenos · G3801the one being and the one that was and the one coming, i.e. the Eternal, as a divine epithet of Christ
- καίτοιkaítoi · G2543and yet, i.e. nevertheless
- καίπερkaíper · G2539and indeed, i.e. nevertheless or notwithstanding
- πεντεκαιδέκατοςpentekaidékatos · G4003five and tenth
Where it appears
Appears 8,908 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
- Matthew 1:3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar). Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
- Matthew 1:11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
- Matthew 1:17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
- Matthew 1:19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
- Matthew 1:21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
See every passage
- Matthew 711 verses
- Mark 539 verses
- Luke 825 verses
- John 525 verses
- Acts 400 verses
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.