καί | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

καί

Definition

and; even, also; namely

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

9153

2779

Mnemonics

Kai and I!

Mnemonic Singing

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice,
give thanks and sing.

Song

Verse

“καί the Word became flesh καί dwelt among us.” (John 1:14)

“Do not καί the tax collectors do the same?” (Matt 5:46)

“The Lord stood by me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, namely, all the Gentiles might hear.” (2 Tim 4:17)

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 12:38	Then some of the scribes and (kai \| καί \| conj) Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Matthew 12:39	But he answered them, “An evil and (kai \| καί \| conj) adulterous generation asks for a sign, but (kai \| καί \| conj) no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Matthew 12:40	For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and (kai \| καί \| conj) three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and (kai \| καί \| conj) three nights.
Matthew 12:41	The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and (kai \| καί \| conj) condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and (kai \| καί \| conj) look, something greater than Jonah is here!
Matthew 12:42	The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and (kai \| καί \| conj) condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and (kai \| καί \| conj) look, something greater than Solomon is here!
Matthew 12:43	“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions in search of a resting place, but (kai \| καί \| conj) finds none.
Matthew 12:44	Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And (kai \| καί \| conj) when it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept, and (kai \| καί \| conj) put in order.
Matthew 12:45	Then it goes and (kai \| καί \| conj) brings along with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and (kai \| καί \| conj) they enter and settle down there; and (kai \| καί \| conj) the last state of that person turns out to be worse than the first. So will it be for this evil generation as well.” (kai \| καί \| conj)
Matthew 12:46	While he was still speaking to the people, his mother and (kai \| καί \| conj) his brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.
Matthew 12:47
Matthew 12:48	But he answered, saying to the one who had told him, “Who is my mother? And (kai \| καί \| conj) who are my brothers?”
Matthew 12:49	And (kai \| καί \| conj) stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Look, here are my mother and (kai \| καί \| conj) my brothers!
Matthew 12:50	For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother and (kai \| καί \| conj) sister and (kai \| καί \| conj) mother.”
Matthew 13:2	And (kai \| καί \| conj) great crowds gathered around him so that he got into a boat and sat down, and (kai \| καί \| conj) all the crowd stood on the beach.
Matthew 13:3	And (kai \| καί \| conj) he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
Matthew 13:4	And (kai \| καί \| conj) as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and (kai \| καί \| conj) the birds came and devoured them.
Matthew 13:5	Other seed fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil; and (kai \| καί \| conj) immediately it sprouted because it had no depth of soil.
Matthew 13:6	But when the sun came up it was scorched; and (kai \| καί \| conj) because it had no root, it withered away.
Matthew 13:7	Other seed fell among thorns, and (kai \| καί \| conj) the thorns grew up and (kai \| καί \| conj) choked it.
Matthew 13:8	Other seed fell on good soil and (kai \| καί \| conj) produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
Matthew 13:10	And (kai \| καί \| conj) the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:12	For to the one who has, more will be given, and (kai \| καί \| conj) he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even (kai \| καί \| adverb) what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 13:13	This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see and (kai \| καί \| conj) hearing they do not hear nor do they understand.
Matthew 13:14	And (kai \| καί \| conj) in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled that says: ‘You will surely hear but (kai \| καί \| conj) never understand, and (kai \| καί \| conj) you will surely see but (kai \| καί \| conj) never perceive.
Matthew 13:15	For the heart of this people has become dull, and (kai \| καί \| conj) with their ears they scarcely hear, and (kai \| καί \| conj) their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and (kai \| καί \| conj) hear with their ears and (kai \| καί \| conj) understand with their hearts and (kai \| καί \| conj) turn, and (kai \| καί \| conj) I would heal them.’