καί
and
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Part of speech
- Conjunction
- A joining word linking words or clauses.
Every verse where G2532 appears in the Book of 2 Corinthians — 135 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 1:1 καὶ conj Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
- 2 Corinthians 1:2 καὶ καὶ conj conj Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3 καὶ καὶ conj conj Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
- 2 Corinthians 1:5 καὶ conj For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:6 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
- 2 Corinthians 1:7 καὶ conj Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 καὶ conj For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 καὶ καὶ conj conj who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
- 2 Corinthians 1:11 καὶ conj you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 καὶ conj For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
- 2 Corinthians 1:13 καὶ conj For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end;
- 2 Corinthians 1:14 καὶ καὶ conj conj as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 1:15 Καὶ conj In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;
- 2 Corinthians 1:16 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
- 2 Corinthians 1:17 καὶ conj When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
- 2 Corinthians 1:18 καὶ conj But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."
- 2 Corinthians 1:19 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."
- 2 Corinthians 1:20 καὶ conj For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.
- 2 Corinthians 1:21 καὶ conj Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
- 2 Corinthians 1:22 καὶ καὶ conj conj who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
- 2 Corinthians 2:2 καὶ conj For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
- 2 Corinthians 2:3 καὶ conj And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4 καὶ conj For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7 καὶ conj so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
- 2 Corinthians 2:9 καὶ conj For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
- 2 Corinthians 2:10 καὶ conj Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
- 2 Corinthians 2:12 καὶ conj Now when I came to Troas for the Gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
- 2 Corinthians 2:14 καὶ conj Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
- 2 Corinthians 2:15 καὶ conj For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
- 2 Corinthians 2:16 καὶ conj to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
- 2 Corinthians 3:2 καὶ conj You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 καὶ conj who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:10 καὶ conj For most assuredly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
- 2 Corinthians 3:13 καὶ conj and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3 καὶ conj Even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 καὶ conj But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10 καὶ conj always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- 2 Corinthians 4:11 καὶ conj For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
- 2 Corinthians 4:14 καὶ καὶ conj conj knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 καὶ καὶ conj conj Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 5:2 καὶ conj For most assuredly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
- 2 Corinthians 5:3 καὶ conj if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4 καὶ conj For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
- 2 Corinthians 5:6 καὶ conj Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
- 2 Corinthians 5:8 καὶ καὶ conj conj We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 5:9 καὶ conj Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
- 2 Corinthians 5:11 καὶ conj Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
- 2 Corinthians 5:12 καὶ conj For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
- 2 Corinthians 5:15 καὶ καὶ conj conj He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 καὶ conj Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
- 2 Corinthians 5:18 καὶ conj But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 καὶ conj namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1 καὶ conj Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
- 2 Corinthians 6:2 καὶ conj for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, In a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
- 2 Corinthians 6:7 καὶ conj in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
- 2 Corinthians 6:8 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
- 2 Corinthians 6:9 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;
- 2 Corinthians 6:10 καὶ conj as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 2 Corinthians 6:13 καὶ conj Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14 καὶ conj Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion has light with darkness?
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 καὶ καὶ conj conj Therefore, "'Come out from among them, And be separate,' says the Lord, 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 καὶ conj Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:3 καὶ conj I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
- 2 Corinthians 7:5 Καὶ conj For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
- 2 Corinthians 7:7 καὶ conj and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.
- 2 Corinthians 7:8 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.
- 2 Corinthians 7:12 καὶ conj So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:14 καὶ conj For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
- 2 Corinthians 7:15 καὶ καὶ conj conj His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2 καὶ conj how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3 καὶ conj For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
- 2 Corinthians 8:4 καὶ conj begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
- 2 Corinthians 8:5 καὶ καὶ conj conj This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
- 2 Corinthians 8:6 καὶ καὶ conj conj So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
- 2 Corinthians 8:7 καὶ καὶ καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj conj conj But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8 καὶ conj I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
- 2 Corinthians 8:10 καὶ καὶ conj conj I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11 καὶ καὶ conj conj But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
- 2 Corinthians 8:14 καὶ conj but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.
- 2 Corinthians 8:15 καὶ conj As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."
- 2 Corinthians 8:19 καὶ καὶ conj conj Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
- 2 Corinthians 8:21 καὶ conj Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
- 2 Corinthians 8:23 καὶ conj As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 8:24 καὶ conj Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.
- 2 Corinthians 9:2 καὶ conj for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
- 2 Corinthians 9:4 καὶ conj so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5 καὶ conj I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
- 2 Corinthians 9:12 καὶ conj For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
- 2 Corinthians 9:13 καὶ καὶ conj conj seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
- 2 Corinthians 9:14 καὶ conj while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1 καὶ conj Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 καὶ καὶ conj conj throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
- 2 Corinthians 10:6 καὶ conj and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
- 2 Corinthians 10:7 καὶ conj Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.
- 2 Corinthians 10:8 καὶ conj For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
- 2 Corinthians 10:10 καὶ καὶ conj conj For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
- 2 Corinthians 10:11 καὶ conj Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
- 2 Corinthians 10:12 καὶ conj For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
- 2 Corinthians 10:13 καὶ conj But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:14 καὶ conj For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Gospel of Christ,
- 2 Corinthians 11:1 καὶ conj I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
- 2 Corinthians 11:6 καὶ conj But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
- 2 Corinthians 11:8 καὶ καὶ conj conj I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9 καὶ καὶ conj conj When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
- 2 Corinthians 11:12 καὶ καὶ conj conj But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.
- 2 Corinthians 11:14 καὶ conj And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
- 2 Corinthians 11:15 καὶ conj It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
- 2 Corinthians 11:29 καὶ καὶ conj conj Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation?
- 2 Corinthians 11:31 καὶ conj The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
- 2 Corinthians 11:33 καὶ καὶ conj conj Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- 2 Corinthians 12:1 καὶ conj It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 12:3 καὶ conj I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don't know; God knows),
- 2 Corinthians 12:4 καὶ conj how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 καὶ conj By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 καὶ conj He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 καὶ conj Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 καὶ conj I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
- 2 Corinthians 12:12 καὶ καὶ conj conj Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty works.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14 καὶ conj Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15 καὶ conj I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
- 2 Corinthians 12:18 καὶ conj I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps?
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 καὶ καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj conj that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1 καὶ conj This is the third time I am coming to you. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word established."
- 2 Corinthians 13:2 καὶ καὶ καὶ conj conj conj I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
- 2 Corinthians 13:4 καὶ καὶ conj conj For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:9 καὶ conj For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
- 2 Corinthians 13:10 καὶ conj For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 καὶ καὶ conj conj Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:13 καὶ καὶ conj conj All the saints greet you.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, και (kaí) means “and.” Scripture first uses it in Matthew 1:2. With 5,125 verses in 27 books, it is one of the most common word in the Greek New Testament. Sharing its root, it stands alongside καγω, καιγε and καιπερ. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2532 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 5,125
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 5,125 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #2
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Greek words (rank 2 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 5,125 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 5,125 distinct verses.
- Gospels 2,619 verses · 51%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 1,489 verses · 29%
- Pauline corpus 1,026 verses · 20%
- Johannine 995 verses · 19%
- Revelation 370 verses · 7%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 277 verses · 5%
- Hebrews 173 verses · 3%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: And 8,097×, Also 500×, Even 101×
- American Standard Version: And 7,750×, Also 433×, Even 110×
- Berean Standard Bible: And 5,240×, Then 278×, Also 156×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: And 7,949×, Also 596×, But 132×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2532 across 9,091 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 72 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 156 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2532 across 8,928 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 227 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 83 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2532 across 6,415 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2,467 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2532 across 9,016 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- and, also, even, indeed, but Frequency count based on 1894 Scrivener Greek New Testament.
Word origin
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
Apparently a primary particle having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and also even so then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words : - and also both but even for if indeed likewise moreover or so that then therefore when yea yet.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 5 distinct written forms G2532 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ kaì | Conjunction | Matthew 1:2 | 8,661 |
| Καὶ Kaì | Conjunction | Matthew 4:21 | 274 |
| καί kaí | Conjunction | Matthew 15:4 | 29 |
| Καί Kaí | Conjunction | Luke 19:39 | 4 |
| και kai | Conjunction | John 7:53 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2532, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- καγω kagṓ G2504 and I
- καιγε kaíge G2534 and indeed
- καιπερ kaíper G2539 although
- καιτοι kaítoi G2543 and yet
- κακει kakeî G2546 and there
- κακειθεν kakeîthen G2547 of place
- κακεινος kakeînos G2548 and he
- καν kán G2579 and if
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word και appears 47,643 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 18,587 verses in 38 books.
- 47,643
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 18,587
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:1 καί
- Exodus 1:3 καί
- Leviticus 1:1 καί
- Numbers 1:1 καί
- Deuteronomy 1:1 καί
- Joshua 1:1 καί
- Judges 1:1 καί
- Ruth 1:1 καί
- 1 Samuel 1:1 καί
- 2 Samuel 1:1 καί
- 1 Kings 1:1 καί
- 2 Kings 1:1 καί
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2532) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 18,587. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:1 καί In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:2 καί Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:3 καί God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
- Genesis 1:4 καί God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:5 καί God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
- Genesis 1:6 καί God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
- Genesis 1:7 καί God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
- Genesis 1:8 καί God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:9 καί God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:10 καί God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:11 καί God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 καί The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:13 καί There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
- Genesis 1:14 καί God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:15 καί and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:16 καί God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
- Genesis 1:17 καί God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:18 καί and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:19 καί There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
- Genesis 1:20 καί God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:21 καί God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:22 καί God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:23 καί There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
- Genesis 1:24 καί God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25 καί God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26 καί God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:27 καί God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 1:28 καί God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:29 καί God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 1:30 καί To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
- Genesis 1:31 καί God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:1 καί The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Genesis 2:2 καί On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Genesis 2:3 καί God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
- Genesis 2:4 καί This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
- Genesis 2:5 καί No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:6 καί but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
- Genesis 2:7 καί Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 2:8 καί Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:9 καί Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:12 καί and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.
- Genesis 2:13 καί The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
- Genesis 2:14 καί The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
- Genesis 2:15 καί Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 2:16 καί Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
- Genesis 2:17 καί but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
- Genesis 2:18 καί Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:19 καί Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:20 καί The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
- Genesis 2:21 καί Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2532) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.