For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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καί
Vocabulary form:
kaiv
Definition:
and; even, also; namely
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
9,153
GK:
2779
Mnemonics:
Kai and I!
Mnemonic Singing:
Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice,
give thanks and sing.
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
| John 18:28 | Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early, and (kai | καί | conj) they did not go into the governor’s headquarters so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover meal. |
| John 18:29 | So Pilate came outside to them and (kai | καί | conj) said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?” |
| John 18:30 | They replied to him, saying, “If this man were not doing something wrong, we would not have handed him over to you.” |
| John 18:31 | Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and (kai | καί | conj) judge him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any one to death.” |
| John 18:33 | Then Pilate entered his headquarters again, summoned Jesus and (kai | καί | conj) said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” |
| John 18:35 | Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and (kai | καί | conj) the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?” |
| John 18:37 | Therefore Pilate said to him, “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king! The reason for which I was born and (kai | καί | conj) have come into the world, is that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” |
| John 18:38 | Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” And (kai | καί | conj) having said this he went out again to the Jews and (kai | καί | conj) said to them, “I find no basis for an accusation against him. |
| John 19:1 | Then Pilate took Jesus and (kai | καί | conj) had him flogged. |
| John 19:2 | And (kai | καί | conj) the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and placed it on his head, and (kai | καί | conj) they threw a purple robe around him. |
| John 19:3 | Then (kai | καί | conj) they kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” and (kai | καί | conj) slapping him in the face. |
| John 19:4 | Once more Pilate went out and (kai | καί | conj) said to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no basis for an accusation against him.” |
| John 19:5 | So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and (kai | καί | conj) the purple robe; and (kai | καί | conj) Pilate said to them, “Look, the man!” |
| John 19:6 | When the chief priests and (kai | καί | conj) the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and (kai | καί | conj) crucify him; for I find no basis for an accusation against him.” |
| John 19:7 | The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and (kai | καί | conj) according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” |
| John 19:9 | He went back into his headquarters and (kai | καί | conj) said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. |
| John 19:10 | So Pilate said to him, “Are you not going to talk to me? You know, do you not, that I have the authority to release you and (kai | καί | conj) I have the authority to crucify you?” |
| John 19:13 | On hearing these words, Pilate brought Jesus out and (kai | καί | conj) sat down on the judge’s bench in the place called “Stone Pavement,” or in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.” |
| John 19:14 | Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about noon. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king!” |
| John 19:17 | who, carrying the cross by himself, went out to what was called “The Place of the Skull,” in Hebrew, “Golgotha.” |
| John 19:18 | There they crucified him, and (kai | καί | conj) with him two others, one on either side with Jesus between them. |
| John 19:19 | And Pilate wrote an inscription and (kai | καί | conj) fastened it to the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” |
| John 19:20 | Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and (kai | καί | conj) it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. |
| John 19:23 | When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his garments and (kai | καί | conj) separated them into four shares, one share for each soldier. They also (kai | καί | conj) took his tunic, which was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece. |
| John 19:24 | So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it” — that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and (kai | καί | conj) for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things. |
| John 19:25 | Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother, and (kai | καί | conj) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and (kai | καί | conj) Mary Magdalene. |
| John 19:26 | When Jesus saw his mother and (kai | καί | conj) the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, look, your son!” |
| John 19:27 | Then he said to his disciple, “Look, your mother!” And (kai | καί | conj) from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. |
| John 19:30 | When he had taken the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is accomplished!” And (kai | καί | conj) he bowed his head and handed over his spirit. |
| John 19:31 | Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and (kai | καί | conj) their bodies taken down. |
| John 19:32 | So the soldiers came and (kai | καί | conj) broke the legs of the first man, then (kai | καί | conj) those of the other one who had been crucified with him. |
| John 19:34 | Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and (kai | καί | conj) blood and (kai | καί | conj) water came out. |
| John 19:35 | (The man who saw this has borne witness to it so that you too (kai | καί | adverb) may believe. His witness is true, and (kai | καί | conj) he knows that he is telling the truth.) |
| John 19:37 | And (kai | καί | conj) yet another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.” |
| John 19:38 | After this Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (though a secret one due to his fear of the Jews) asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and (kai | καί | conj) removed the body. |
| John 19:39 | Nicodemus, who earlier had come to Jesus at night, also (kai | καί | adverb) came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and (kai | καί | conj) aloes, about seventy-five pounds. |
| John 19:40 | So they took the body of Jesus and (kai | καί | conj) wrapped it in strips of linen with the spices, in accordance with the Jewish custom for burial. |
| John 19:41 | Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and (kai | καί | conj) in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had ever yet been laid. |
| John 20:1 | Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and (kai | καί | conj) she saw the stone removed from the tomb. |
| John 20:2 | So she went running to Simon Peter and (kai | καί | conj) the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and (kai | καί | conj) said to them, “They have taken our Master out of the tomb, and (kai | καί | conj) we do not know where they have put him!” |
| John 20:3 | So Peter and (kai | καί | conj) the other disciple set out to go to the tomb. |
| John 20:4 | The two were running together, but (kai | καί | conj) the other disciple ran ahead more quickly than Peter and (kai | καί | conj) arrived first at the tomb. |
| John 20:5 | When he stooped down to look in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there but he did not go in. |
| John 20:6 | Then Simon Peter, who had been behind him, also (kai | καί | adverb) arrived, and (kai | καί | conj) he went right into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, |
| John 20:7 | and (kai | καί | conj) the face cloth that had been on Jesus’ head; it was not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. |
| John 20:8 | Then the other disciple, the one who had arrived first, also (kai | καί | adverb) went into the tomb, and (kai | καί | conj) he saw and (kai | καί | conj) believed. |
| John 20:12 | She saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and (kai | καί | conj) the other at the feet of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. |
| John 20:13 | They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Master, and (kai | καί | conj) I do not know where they have put him.” |
| John 20:14 | Having said this, she turned around and (kai | καί | conj) saw Jesus standing there, but (kai | καί | conj) she did not know that it was Jesus. |
| John 20:17 | Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and (kai | καί | conj) say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and (kai | καί | conj) your Father, to my God and (kai | καί | conj) your God.’” |
Mnemonics
Cayenne
Cayenne