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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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one day 3
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and to have 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
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Verses containing G2532

Page 63 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. Acts 19:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

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  2. Acts 19:27 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”

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  3. Acts 19:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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  4. Acts 19:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

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  5. Acts 19:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.

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  6. Acts 19:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

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  7. Acts 19:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

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  8. Acts 19:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.

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  9. Acts 19:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

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  10. Acts 19:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

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  11. Acts 19:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

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  12. Acts 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

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  13. Acts 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

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  14. Acts 20:4 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

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  15. Acts 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

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  16. Acts 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

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  17. Acts 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

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  18. Acts 20:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

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  19. Acts 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

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  20. Acts 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

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  21. Acts 20:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

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  22. Acts 20:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

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  23. Acts 20:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  24. Acts 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

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  25. Acts 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

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  26. Acts 20:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

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  27. Acts 20:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

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  28. Acts 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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  29. Acts 20:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

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  30. Acts 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

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  31. Acts 20:32 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

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  32. Acts 20:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

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  33. Acts 20:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

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  34. Acts 20:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

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  35. Acts 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

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  36. Acts 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.

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  37. Acts 21:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.

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  38. Acts 21:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

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  39. Acts 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

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  40. Acts 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

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  41. Acts 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.

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  42. Acts 21:11 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

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  43. Acts 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

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  44. Acts 21:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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  45. Acts 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.

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  46. Acts 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

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  47. Acts 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

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  48. Acts 21:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

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  49. Acts 21:25 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

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  50. Acts 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

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