Strong G2539καίπερ
although
- Transliteration
- kaiper
- Pronunciation
- kah'ee-per
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
καίπερ concessive particle,
[in LXX: Pro.6:8, Wis.11:9, Jon.1:13, Mac.11 *;]
although: with ptcp., Php.3:4, Heb.5:8 7:5 12:17, 2Pe.1:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.6:8, Wis.11:9, Jon.1:13, Mac.11 *;]
although: with ptcp., Php.3:4, Heb.5:8 7:5 12:17, 2Pe.1:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2539 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- though5
- yet2
First verses
- Philippians 3:4Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
- Hebrews 5:8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
- Hebrews 7:5And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
- Hebrews 12:17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
- 2 Peter 1:12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
- Revelation 17:8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
καίπερ,
in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always with a word between (except καί περ πολλὰ παθόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.224))]; but one word in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus and Prose, and usually in Trag.)]
I even, καὶ αὐτοί περ πονεώμεθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.70.)]
II although, albeit, usually with participle, καὶ αὐτῇ περ νοεούσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.577; καὶ ἀχνύμενός περ ἑταίρου 8.125; καὶ πρίν περ θυμῷ μεμαώς 5.135; καὶ κήδεά περ πεπαθυίῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.555)]: so in later Poets, κ. ἀχνύμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).4, compare “N.” 6.6; καὶ θοῦρός περ ὤν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199.2; κ. αὐθάδη φρονῶν [prev. author] “Pr.” 907; κ. οὐ στέργων ὅμως [prev. author] “Th.” 712; κ. οὐ δύσοργος ὤν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 377: preceded by ὅμως, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495d: the)]participle must frequently be supplied, καὶ θεός περ [ὤν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1203)]; γιγνώσκω σαφῶς, κ. σκοτεινὸς [ὤν], τήν γε σὴν αὐδὴν ὅμως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1326)]; also εἰ μέμονάς γε, καὶ ὀψέ περ [ἐρυόμενος],.. ἐρύεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.247; ἐπιμνησαίμεθα Χάρμης, καὶ πρὸς δαίμονά περ [μαχούμενοι] 17.104)]; λέγεις ἀληθῆ, κ. ἐκ μακροῦ Χρόνου [λέγων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1141)]; ἀλλ᾽ ἔστιν ὧν δεῖ, κ. οὐ πολλῶν ἄπο, ={καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ὄντων}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 647: with finite Verbs only as uncertain reading, κ. ἔχει (to be read καἴπερ) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.36)]; κ. (to be read καίτοι) ἐκεῖνό γε ᾤμην τι εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219c.)]
in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always with a word between (except καί περ πολλὰ παθόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.224))]; but one word in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus and Prose, and usually in Trag.)]
I even, καὶ αὐτοί περ πονεώμεθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.70.)]
II although, albeit, usually with participle, καὶ αὐτῇ περ νοεούσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.577; καὶ ἀχνύμενός περ ἑταίρου 8.125; καὶ πρίν περ θυμῷ μεμαώς 5.135; καὶ κήδεά περ πεπαθυίῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.555)]: so in later Poets, κ. ἀχνύμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).4, compare “N.” 6.6; καὶ θοῦρός περ ὤν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199.2; κ. αὐθάδη φρονῶν [prev. author] “Pr.” 907; κ. οὐ στέργων ὅμως [prev. author] “Th.” 712; κ. οὐ δύσοργος ὤν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 377: preceded by ὅμως, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495d: the)]participle must frequently be supplied, καὶ θεός περ [ὤν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1203)]; γιγνώσκω σαφῶς, κ. σκοτεινὸς [ὤν], τήν γε σὴν αὐδὴν ὅμως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1326)]; also εἰ μέμονάς γε, καὶ ὀψέ περ [ἐρυόμενος],.. ἐρύεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.247; ἐπιμνησαίμεθα Χάρμης, καὶ πρὸς δαίμονά περ [μαχούμενοι] 17.104)]; λέγεις ἀληθῆ, κ. ἐκ μακροῦ Χρόνου [λέγων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1141)]; ἀλλ᾽ ἔστιν ὧν δεῖ, κ. οὐ πολλῶν ἄπο, ={καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ὄντων}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 647: with finite Verbs only as uncertain reading, κ. ἔχει (to be read καἴπερ) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.36)]; κ. (to be read καίτοι) ἐκεῖνό γε ᾤμην τι εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219c.)]