G2543: καίτοι (kaítoi)

G2543 καίτοι (kaítoi)

Greek

Quick Definition

καίτοι Cj. and yet, although

Strong's Definition

from 2532 and 5104; and yet, i.e. nevertheless

KJV Usage: although

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καίτοι (G2543)

conj. | καί + -τοι

89.72 · Relations · Concession

although, even though, and yet a marker of concession, with the probable implication of an additional component of contrast

ACT 14:17 · HEB 4:3

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καίτοι, (fr. καί and roi), conjunction, with a ptep. [but in class. Grk. with a finite verb also (as in Acts below) ; Kriiger § ὅθ, 13, 2; cf. reff. s. v. καίπερ], and yet, although: Heb. iv. 3 (although the work of creation had been finished long ago, so that the rest spoken of cannot be understood to be that of God himself resting from that work [ef. Kurtz in loc.]); [Acts xiv. 17 LT Tr WH (but Tr καί ror) ].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καίτοι kaitoi 2x

and yet, though, although, Acts 14:17; Heb. 4:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** καίτοι

(= καί τοι, and so also written in cl.),

concessive particle,

[in LXX: IV Mac 2:6*;]

and yet, although: Ac 14:17; c. ptcp., He 4:3.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καίτοι. P Petr IT. 3(4)? (iii/B.c.) παρὰ δύναμιν δὲ καίτοι πάλαι exe τυ“ 1 ἀντέχομαι, BGU III. 8504 (a.p. 76) θαυμάζω(ι) ἐπὶ τῆι[.. .]vtatia cov, καίτοι ἐμοῦ σε πολλὰ ἐρωτήσαντος, P Giss I. 8411 19 (beg. ii/A.p.) μέχρι τούτ[ο]υ σοι οὐ πα[ρ]εστάθη καίτοι πρόγραμμά σου πίροετέθη κελεῦον KTA., PSI IV. 298” (iv/A.D.) τοὺς τοῦ μηνὸς [μισθοὺς οὐ παρ]έσχεν μοι καίτοι αὐτὺς ἐκδεξάμενος κτλ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καίτοι (kaitoi) — and yet/although. καί τοι, and indeed, and further, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+] with one or more words between, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καὶ τἆλλά τοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. after [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually, and yet, to mark an objection introduced by the speaker himself, frequently in Rhetorical questions, καίτοι τί φημ; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. τί φων; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: without a question, κ. φύγοιμ᾽ ἄν [Refs 5th c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so καίτοι περ variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. with a participle, much like{καίπερ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: once in the Attic dialect Oratt., [Refs 5th c.BC+]