καί kaí
Meaning
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
In the King James Version: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet
Derivation: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force;
Where it is used
- Luke 2:36 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,
- Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- Luke 2:38 Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
- Luke 2:39 When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
- Luke 2:40 And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
- Luke 2:41 Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
- Luke 2:42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.
- Luke 2:43 When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
- Luke 2:44 Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.
- Luke 2:45 When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.
- Luke 2:46 Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
- Luke 2:47 And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
- Luke 2:48 When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”
- Luke 2:49 “Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
- Luke 2:50 But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
- Luke 2:51 Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
- Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
- Luke 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- Luke 3:2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
- Luke 3:3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
- Luke 3:5 Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
- Luke 3:6 And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
- Luke 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
- Luke 3:9 The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Luke 3:10 The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”
- Luke 3:11 John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
- Luke 3:12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
- Luke 3:14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
- Luke 3:15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.
- Luke 3:16 John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Luke 3:17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Luke 3:18 With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
- Luke 3:19 But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
- Luke 3:20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
- Luke 3:21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
- Luke 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- Luke 3:23 Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
- Luke 4:1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
- Luke 4:2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
- Luke 4:3 The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
- Luke 4:4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
- Luke 4:5 Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
- Luke 4:6 “I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
- Luke 4:8 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Luke 4:9 Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
- Luke 4:11 and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- Luke 4:12 But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Luke 4:13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
- Luke 4:14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
- Luke 4:15 He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.
- Luke 4:16 Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
- Luke 4:17 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
- Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- Luke 4:20 Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
- Luke 4:22 All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
- Luke 4:23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
- Luke 4:25 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
- Luke 4:26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
- Luke 4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
- Luke 4:28 On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.