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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
where 12
along with 11
and yet 10
there 10
as well as 9
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who 8
including 7
suddenly 7
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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that 2
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and the money 1
and there is 1
and there is but 1
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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
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and who 1
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he who is both 1
however 1
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whether 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
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very 5
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though 3
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yea 3
a galilean 2
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unto 2
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Verses containing G2532

Page 65 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 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

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  2. Acts 24:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

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  3. Acts 24:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

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  4. Acts 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

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  5. Acts 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia

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    Source alternate reference: 24.18

  6. Acts 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

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  7. Acts 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

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  8. Acts 24:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

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  9. Acts 24:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.

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  10. Acts 25:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

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  11. Acts 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

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  12. Acts 25:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

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  13. Acts 25:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

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  14. Acts 25:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

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  15. Acts 25:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

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  16. Acts 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

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  17. Acts 25:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

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  18. Acts 25:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.

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  19. Acts 25:23 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

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  20. Acts 25:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

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  21. Acts 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.

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  22. Acts 25:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

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  23. Acts 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.

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  24. Acts 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

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  25. Acts 26:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

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  26. Acts 26:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

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  27. Acts 26:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

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  28. Acts 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

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  29. Acts 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

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  30. Acts 26:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

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  31. Acts 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

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  32. Acts 26:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

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  33. Acts 26:20 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

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  34. Acts 26:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

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  35. Acts 26:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

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  36. Acts 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

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  37. Acts 26:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.

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  38. Acts 26:29 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

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  39. Acts 26:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.

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  40. Acts 26:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

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  41. Acts 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

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  42. Acts 27:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

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  43. Acts 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

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  44. Acts 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

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  45. Acts 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

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  46. Acts 27:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

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  47. Acts 27:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

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  48. Acts 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

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  49. Acts 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

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  50. Acts 27:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

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