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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
as well 43
with 28
too 23
as 22
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as well as 9
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including 7
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still 6
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from 5
once 5
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for 4
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again 3
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myself 3
one day 3
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they 3
though 3
until 3
along 2
and also 2
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and let 2
and nothing 2
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i tell 2
if you 2
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and the money 1
and there is 1
and there is but 1
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and those of 1
and though 1
and to have 1
and to show 1
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he who is both 1
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whether 1
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whom 1
why 1
will it be 1
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yourself 1
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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as 5
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very 5
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though 3
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yea 3
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Verses containing G2532

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  1. John 1:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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  2. John 1:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

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  3. John 1:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

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  4. John 1:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

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  5. John 1:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

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  6. John 1:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

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  7. John 1:37 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

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  8. John 1:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

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  9. John 1:39 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    “Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.

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  10. John 1:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.

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  11. John 1:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

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  12. John 1:43 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”

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  13. John 1:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

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  14. John 1:45 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

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  15. John 1:46 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

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  16. John 1:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

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  17. John 1:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

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  18. John 1:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

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  19. John 1:51 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

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  20. John 2:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

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  21. John 2:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

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  22. John 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

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  23. John 2:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

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  24. John 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

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  25. John 2:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

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  26. John 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

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  27. John 2:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

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  28. John 2:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

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  29. John 2:12 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

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  30. John 2:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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  31. John 2:14 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

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  32. John 2:15 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

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  33. John 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

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  34. John 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

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  35. John 2:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

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  36. John 2:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

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  37. John 2:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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  38. John 2:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

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  39. John 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

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  40. John 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

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  41. John 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

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  42. John 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

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  43. John 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

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  44. John 3:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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  45. John 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

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  46. John 3:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

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  47. John 3:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

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  48. John 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

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  49. John 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

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  50. John 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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