καί

kai

and

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Strong’s G2532Conjunction9,080 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Luke1,477

Matthew1,185

Acts1,127

Revelation1,123

Mark1,101

John839

1 Corinthians281

Romans277

Translated as

and8,066

also672

even120

both41

and yet18

but17

then14

that13

In the text

Matthew 1:2καὶ
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Mark 1:4καὶ
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 1:2καὶ
just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
John 1:1καὶ
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Acts 1:1καὶ
In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
Revelation 1:1καὶ
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Abbott-Smith

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

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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.