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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
after 20
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and then 18
now 17
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both 14
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as well as 9
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including 7
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just then 6
still 6
at this 5
from 5
once 5
even though 4
for 4
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nor 4
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and after 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
in 2
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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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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
when 9
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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. Acts 17:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

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  2. Acts 17:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

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  3. Acts 17:18 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

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  4. Acts 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

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  5. Acts 17:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

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  6. Acts 17:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

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  7. Acts 17:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

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  8. Acts 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

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  9. Acts 17:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

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  10. Acts 17:28 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

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  11. Acts 17:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

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  12. Acts 17:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

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  13. Acts 17:34 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

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  14. Acts 18:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

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  15. Acts 18:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

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  16. Acts 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

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  17. Acts 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

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  18. Acts 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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  19. Acts 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

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  20. Acts 18:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

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  21. Acts 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

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  22. Acts 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”

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  23. Acts 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

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  24. Acts 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

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  25. Acts 18:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

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  26. Acts 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

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  27. Acts 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.

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  28. Acts 18:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

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  29. Acts 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.

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  30. Acts 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

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  31. Acts 18:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.

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  32. Acts 18:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

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  33. Acts 18:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

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  34. Acts 18:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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  35. Acts 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

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  36. Acts 19:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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  37. Acts 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

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  38. Acts 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

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  39. Acts 19:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

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  40. Acts 19:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

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  41. Acts 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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  42. Acts 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

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  43. Acts 19:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

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  44. Acts 19:17 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

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  45. Acts 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

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  46. Acts 19:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

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  47. Acts 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

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  48. Acts 19:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

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  49. Acts 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

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  50. Acts 19:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.

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