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kai G2532

καί (kai) means “and” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

καί Greek · G2532 9,017 tagged occurrences in 5,122 verses

Pronunciation guide: kahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2532

καί · kai · and

καί, conj., and I. Copulative. 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12, 9:4, al. (b) connecting numerals (WM, §37, 4): Jhn.2:20, Act.13:20; (with) joining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole: Mat.8:33, 26:59, Mrk.16:17, Act.5:29, al. 2. Connecting clauses and sentences: Mat.3:12, Act.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.): Mat.1:21, 7:25, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.10:3, al.; (b) joining affirmative to negative sentences: Luk.3:14, Jhn.4:11, IIIJhn.10; (with) consecutive, and so: Mat.5:1, 23:32, Heb.3:19, al.; after imperatives, Mat.4:19, Luk.7:7, al.; (d) = καίτοι, and yet: Mat.3:14, 6:26, Mrk.12:12, Luk.18:7 (Field, Notes, 72), 1Co.5:2, al.; (e) beginning an apodosis (= Heb. וְ; so sometimes δέ in cl.), then: Luk.2:21, 7:12, Act.1:10; beginning a question (WM, §53, 3a): Mrk.10:26, Luk.10:29, Jhn.9:36. 3. Epexegetic, and, and indeed, namely (WM, §53, 3c): Luk.3:18, Jhn.1:16, Act.23:6, Rom.1:5, 1Co.3:5, al. 4. In transition: Mat.4:23, Mrk.5:1, 21, Jhn.1:19, al.; so, Hebraistically, καὶ ἐγένετο (וַי:הִי; also ἐγένετο δέ), Mrk.1:9 (cf. Luk.5:1; V. Burton, §§357-60; M, Pr., 14, 16). 5. καὶ . . . καί, both . . . and (for τε . . . καί, see: τε); (a) connecting single words: Mat.10:28, Mrk.4:41, Rom.11:33, al.; (b) clauses and sentences: Mrk.9:13, Jhn.7:28, 1Co.1:22, al. II. Adjunctive, also, even, still: Mat.5:39, 40; Mrk.2:28, al. mult.; esp. with pron., adv., etc., Mat.20:4, Jhn.7:47, al; ὡς κ., Act.11:17; καθὼς κ., Rom.15:7; οὑτω κ., Rom.6:11; διὸ κ., Luk.1:35; ὁ κ. (Deiss., BS, 313ff.), Act.13:9; pleonastically, μετὰ κ.. (Bl., §77, 7; Deiss., BS, 265f,), Php.4:3; τί κ., 1 Co 15:29; ἀλλὰ κ., Luk.14:22, Jhn.5:18, al.; καίγε (M, Pr., 230; Burton, §437), Act.17:27; καίπερ, Heb.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. Jhn.13:17, 1Co.7:36), if haply, if; 1. with subjc. (cl.); (a) pres.: Mat.6:22, Luk.10:6, Jhn.7:17, Rom.2:25, 26 al.; { (b) aor. (= Lat. fut. pf.): Mat.4:9 16:26 (cf. ptcp. in Luk.9:25; M, Pr., 230), Mrk.3:24, Luk.14:34, Jhn.5:43, Rom.7:2, al.; = cl. εἰ, with opt., Jhn.9:22 11:57, Act.9:2; as Heb. אִם = ὅταν, Jhn.12:32 14:3, I Jhn.2:28 3:2, Heb.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.: Mat.18:19 T, Luk.19:40, Act.7:7; (b) pres.: 1Th.3:8 (see Milligan, in l.). 3. With other particles: ἐ. καί (Bl., §65, 6), Gal.6:1; ἐ. μή (M, Pr., 185, 187; Bl., l.with), with subjc. pres., Mat.10:13, 1Co.8:8, Jas.2:17, 1Jn.3:21; aor., Mat.6:15, Mrk.3:27, Jhn.3:3, Rom.10:15, Gal.1:8 2:16 (see Lft., Ellic., in ll.); ἐ. τε . . . ἐ. τε, [in LXX for אִם . . . אִם, Est.19:13, al.,] Rom.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., Mat.5:19, Mrk.6:22, 23 Luk.17:32, 1Co.6:18, al.; ὅπου ἐ., Mat.8:19; ὁσάκις ἐ., Rev.11:6; οὗ ἐ., 1Co.16:6; καθὸ ἐ., 2Co.8:12; ὅστις ἐ., Gal.5:10. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

and, even, also, namely.

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How translators render G2532

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and 5167
then 261
but 180
also 143
vvv 141
so 126
even 89
when 78
or 49
yet 44
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with 28
too 23
as 22
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as well as 9
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including 7
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KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and 7656
also 508
even 106
both 53
but 41
neither 29
then 22
for 18
so 18
that 14
and when 13
yet 12
likewise 11
nor 11
or 11
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Verses containing G2532

Page 36 of 103. 5122 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Luke 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

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  2. Luke 14:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

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  3. Luke 14:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

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  4. Luke 14:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

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  5. Luke 14:21 · BSB · 6 occurrences

    The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

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  6. Luke 14:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

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  7. Luke 14:23 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

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  8. Luke 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,

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  9. Luke 14:26 · BSB · 7 occurrences

    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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  10. Luke 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

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  11. Luke 14:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

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  12. Luke 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

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  13. Luke 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?

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  14. Luke 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.

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  15. Luke 15:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

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  16. Luke 15:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

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  17. Luke 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

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  18. Luke 15:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’

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  19. Luke 15:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?

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  20. Luke 15:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’

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  21. Luke 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

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  22. Luke 15:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

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  23. Luke 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

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  24. Luke 15:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

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  25. Luke 15:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

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  26. Luke 15:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

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  27. Luke 15:20 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

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  28. Luke 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

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  29. Luke 15:22 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

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  30. Luke 15:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

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  31. Luke 15:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

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  32. Luke 15:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

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  33. Luke 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.

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  34. Luke 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’

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  35. Luke 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

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  36. Luke 15:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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  37. Luke 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.

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  38. Luke 15:32 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

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  39. Luke 16:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

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  40. Luke 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

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  41. Luke 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

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  42. Luke 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

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  43. Luke 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

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  44. Luke 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

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  45. Luke 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

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  46. Luke 16:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

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  47. Luke 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

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  48. Luke 16:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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  49. Luke 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

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  50. Luke 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

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