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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
and when 20
and then 18
now 17
and that 15
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while 15
both 14
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along with 11
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as well as 9
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who 8
including 7
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and now 6
just then 6
still 6
at this 5
from 5
once 5
even though 4
for 4
indeed 4
nor 4
again 3
and after 3
and even 3
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by 3
if 3
meanwhile 3
myself 3
one day 3
so that 3
they 3
though 3
until 3
along 2
and also 2
and blessed are 2
and let 2
and nothing 2
and so is 2
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as do 2
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but even 2
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i tell 2
if you 2
in 2
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on 2
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soon 2
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that 2
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what 2
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and around 1
and both 1
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and especially since 1
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and i am aware of 1
and i saw 1
and i will call her 1
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and in view 1
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and keep 1
and much 1
and no one knows 1
and others 1
and pray 1
and present 1
and she told them 1
and since 1
and since we have 1
and so did 1
and still 1
and that is what 1
and the money 1
and there is 1
and there is but 1
and there were 1
and they were holding 1
and they will say 1
and those of 1
and though 1
and to have 1
and to show 1
and when judas had taken 1
and who 1
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he who is both 1
however 1
i also 1
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i know 1
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whether 1
which 1
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whom 1
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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
when 9
with 8
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very 5
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though 3
which 3
yea 3
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certain 2
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in 2
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therefore 2
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unto 2
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Verses containing G2532

Page 64 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 21:28 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

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  2. Acts 21:30 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

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  3. Acts 21:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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  4. Acts 21:33 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

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  5. Acts 21:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”

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  6. Acts 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

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  7. Acts 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,

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  8. Acts 22:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

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  9. Acts 22:5 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

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  10. Acts 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

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  11. Acts 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

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  12. Acts 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

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  13. Acts 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.

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  14. Acts 22:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

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  15. Acts 22:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

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  16. Acts 22:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

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  17. Acts 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

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  18. Acts 22:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’

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  19. Acts 22:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

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  20. Acts 22:20 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

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  21. Acts 22:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

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  22. Acts 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

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  23. Acts 22:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

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  24. Acts 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”

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  25. Acts 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

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  26. Acts 22:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

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  27. Acts 22:30 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

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  28. Acts 23:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

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  29. Acts 23:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

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  30. Acts 23:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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  31. Acts 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

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  32. Acts 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

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  33. Acts 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

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  34. Acts 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

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  35. Acts 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

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  36. Acts 23:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

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  37. Acts 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

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  38. Acts 23:23 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

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  39. Acts 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

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  40. Acts 23:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

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  41. Acts 23:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.

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  42. Acts 23:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

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  43. Acts 23:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

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  44. Acts 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

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  45. Acts 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.

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  46. Acts 24:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.

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  47. Acts 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

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  48. Acts 24:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

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  49. Acts 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.

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  50. Acts 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

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