🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G2532
G2532

καί

kaí [kahee] Conjunction
Core meaningand

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G2532

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

KJV usage: :--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Etymology: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

(1) and, Mt. 2:2, 3, 11; 4:22; (2) καί ... καί, both ... and; (3) as a cumulative particle, also, too, Mt. 5:39; Jn. 8:19; 1 Cor. 11:6; (4) emphatic, even, also, Mt. 10:30; 1 Cor. 2:10; in NT adversative, but, Mt. 11:19; also introductory of the apodosis of a sentence, Gal. 3:28; Jas. 2:4

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