personal pronoun
kamis
Strong’sG2504
I also, I too
stem kami-83 times in the New Testamentin 14 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
κἀγώ is a contracted form combining "and" with "I," meaning "and I," "I also," or "I too" 1234. It is formed by the crasis (running together) of καί and ἐγώ 13. The same contraction appears in other grammatical forms, such as κἀμοί ("and to me," "to me also") and κἀμέ ("and me," "me also") 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
κἀγώ v.s. ἐγώ.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2504 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkag-o'
so also the dative case κἀμοί , and accusative case κἀμέ and (or also, even, etc.) I, (to) me
Fromfrom G2532 and G1473;
King James(and, even, even so, so) I (also, in like wise), both me, me also.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect crasis for καὶ ἐγώ.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
2 rarer renderings are not shown; every occurrence below carries the English it was given there.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kamis75×κἀγὼ | kamiis |
| object accusative | kamin3×κἀμὲ | kamiin |
| direct address vocative | kamir | kamiir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kamiu | kamiiu |
| to, for dative | kami5×κἀμοὶ | kamii |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kami is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
83 occurrences, every one of them listed
kamis“and I”subjectnominative singular75×
Matthew 2:8… epan de heuriskaveia, apangelavar mi, hopōs kamis ercharantos proskunameia auto.… Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
Matthew 10:32… en mi emprosthen toiu anthrōpoiu, homologami kamis en auto emprosthen tou patrou mu …… everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in …
Matthew 10:33“I also”… arneteia min emprosthen toiu anthrōpoiu, arnemi kamis auton emprosthen tou patrou mu tou …But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
Matthew 11:28… min pantoir tois kopiarōntoir kai fortizorēntoir, kamis anapauami vin.… you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 16:18kamis de si legamō hoti sis asō …And I tell you that you are Peter …
Matthew 18:33… sin elēara ton sundoulon su, hōs kamis sin elēama?… on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
Matthew 21:24… tos Iēsus legata autoi; Erōtami vin kamis logon henon, hon ean legaveia mi …“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied …
Matthew 21:24… logon henon, hon ean legaveia mi kamis vi legami en poia exousia houteim …… replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority …
Matthew 26:15legata; Tinem thelavō mi dōara kamis vi paradōami auton? tois de stēala …… are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And …
Luke 11:9Kamis vi legamō, aitavōr, kai dōiti vi; …So I tell you: Ask, and it will …
Luke 19:23… dōasa mu tem arguriem epi trapezan? kamis ercharantos sun toko an autem prassama.… deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
Luke 20:3… de legata pros autoin; Erōtami vin kamis logon, kai legavar mi;“I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied …
Luke 22:29kamis diatithomō vi, kathōs diatitheta mi tos …And I bestow on you a kingdom, just …
John 1:31kamis ouk oidamelē auton, alla hina faneriteia …I myself did not know Him, but …
John 1:33kamis ouk oidamelē auton, alla tos pemparantos …I myself did not know Him, but …
John 1:34“and I”kamis horamē, kai marturamē hoti houtos atō …I have seen and testified that this is the Son …
John 5:17… Tos patros mu heōs arti ergazotō kamis ergazomō.… My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
John 6:44… patros tos pemparantos min helkateia auton, kamis anastēami auton en ta eschata hēmera.… Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the …
John 6:54… mu tem haimem echatō zōan aiōnian, kamis anastēami auton ta eschata hēmera.… drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the …
John 6:56… mu tem haimem en mi menatō kamis en auto.… drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
John 6:57kathōs apostelata min tos zōarōntos patros kamis zōamō dia ton patron, kai tos …… as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so …
John 8:26… alla tos pemparantos min alēthos atō, kamis heim akouama para autou houteim lalamō …… One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell …
John 10:15kathōs gnōskatō min tos patros kamis gnōskamō ton patron, kai tan psuchan …just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay …
John 10:27“and I”… teim ēmeim tau fōnau mu akoualō, kamis gnōskamō auteim, kai akolouthalō mi,My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
John 10:28“and I”kamis dōamō autei zōan aiōnian, kai ouk …I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No …
John 10:38… gnōskaveiō hoti en mi tos patros kamis en to patro.… that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
John 12:32kamis ean hupsimeia ek tau gēau, pantoin …And I, when I am lifted up from …
John 14:16kamis erōtami ton patron kai alloson paraklēton …And I will ask the Father, and He …
John 14:20… patro mu kai vis en mi kamis en vi.… Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
John 14:21… min agapiti hupo tou patrou mu, kamis agapami auton kai emfanizami auto miauton.… will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself …
John 15:4menavar en mi, kamis en vi. kathōs tem klēmem ouk …Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as …
John 15:5… teim klēmeim. tos menarōntos en mi kamis en auto houtos feratō karpon pollon, …… The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit …
John 15:9“I also”kathōs agapata min tos patros, kamis vin agapama, menavar en ta agapa …As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
John 17:11… kai autois en to kosmo alō, kamis pros sin erchomō. patror hagior, tērasar …… but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father …
John 17:18“I also”kathōs min apostelasa eis ton kosmon, kamis apostelama autoin eis ton kosmon;As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
John 17:21… aleiō, kathōs sis, patror, en mi kamis en si, hina kai autois en …… as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also …
John 17:22“and”kamis tan doxan han dōasē mi dōamē …I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that …
John 17:26… han agapasa min en autoi ateiō kamis en autoi.… for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 20:15… auton, legasar mi pou tithasa auton, kamis auton airami.… me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
John 20:21“I also”… vi; kathōs apostelatē min tos patros, kamis pempamō vin.… be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
Acts 22:13… epistēarantos legata mi; Saoul adelfor, anablepasar; kamis auta ta hōra anablepama eis auton.… Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
Acts 22:19“and I”kamis legama; Kurior, autois epistolō hoti mis …‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and …
Romans 3:7“I also”… eis tan doxan autou, tinem ēti kamis hōs hamartōlos krinomō,… God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
Romans 11:3“and I”… su apoktenala, teim thusiastērieim su kataskaptala, kamis hupoleipima monos, kai zētalō tan psuchan …… they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
1 Corinthians 2:1Kamis ercharantos pros vin, adelfoir, erchama ouk …When I came to you, brothers, I did …
1 Corinthians 2:3kamis en asthenia kai en fobo kai …I came to you in weakness and …
1 Corinthians 3:1Kamis, adelfoir, ouk dunima lalara vi hōs …Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual …
1 Corinthians 7:8… chērai, kalem autoi ean menaleia hōs kamis;… for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:40… kata tan ēman gnōman, dokamō de kamis pneumem theou echarō.… she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 10:33kathōs kamis panteim pantoi areskamō, mē zētarōntos tem …as I also try to please everyone in all …
1 Corinthians 11:1“I also”mimētois mu genovōr, kathōs kamis Christou.… to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
1 Corinthians 16:10… tem gar ergem kuriou ergazotō hōs kamis;… work of the Lord, just as I am.
2 Corinthians 2:10ho de tinem charizovō, kamis; kai gar mis hem charizomē, ei …If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have …
2 Corinthians 6:17… legatō kurios, kai akatharteu mē haptovōr; kamis eisdechemi vin;… the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
2 Corinthians 11:16“I also”… kan hōs afronon dechevar min, hina kamis mikrem tinem kauchemeia;… then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
2 Corinthians 11:18epei pollois kaucholō kata sarkan, kamis kauchemi.… are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
2 Corinthians 11:21“I also”… tinos tolmateiō, en afrosuna legamō, tolmamō kamis.… for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast …
2 Corinthians 11:22Hebraiois alō? kamis. Israēlitois alō? kamis. spermem Abraam alō? …… So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So …
2 Corinthians 11:22Hebraiois alō? kamis. Israēlitois alō? kamis. spermem Abraam alō? kamis.… I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
2 Corinthians 11:22… Israēlitois alō? kamis. spermem Abraam alō? kamis.Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I …
2 Corinthians 12:20… ercharantos ouk hoioin thelamō heuriskameia vin, kamis heuriskimeia vi hoion ouk thelavō, mē …… not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that …
Galatians 4:12“I also”Genovōr hōs mis, hoti kamis hōs vis, adelfoir, domō vu. oudenem …I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
Galatians 6:14… Christou, dia hou mi kosmos staurotē kamis kosmo.… world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Ephesians 1:15“I also”Dia houtem kamis, akouarantos tan kata vin pistian en …For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus …
Philippians 2:19… Iēso Timotheon tacheōs pempara vi, hina kamis eupsuchameiō gnōskarantos teim peri vu.… send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn …
Philippians 2:28… auton hina horarantois auton palin chairiveia kamis alupoteros ameiō.… see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.
1 Thessalonians 3:5dia houtem kamis mēketi stegarōntos pempama eis tem gnōskara …For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I …
Hebrews 8:9… ouk emmenala en ta diathēka mu, kamis amelama autoiu, legatō kurios.… did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
James 2:18Alla legati tinos; Sis pistian echasō kamis ergeim echamō. deikasar mi tan pistian …… someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith …
James 2:18… tan pistian su chōris teiu ergeiu, kamis si deikami ek teiu ergeiu mu …… Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by …
Revelation 2:6… misasō teim ergeim toiu Nikolaitoiu, heim kamis misamō.… the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Revelation 2:28“I also”hōs kamis labamē para tou patrou mu, kai …And I will …
Revelation 3:10“I also”… tērasa ton logon tau hupomonau mu, kamis sin tērami ek tau hōrau tou …… you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world …
Revelation 3:21“I also”… mu en to throno mu, hōs kamis nikama kai kathizama meta tou patrou …To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His …
Revelation 22:8Kamis Iōannos tos akouarōntos kai bleparōntos houteim. …And I, John, am the one who heard …
kamin“me”objectaccusative singular3×
John 7:28… hiere didaskarōntos tos Iēsus kai legarōntos; Kamin oidavē kai oidavē pothen amō; kai …… temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am …
John 16:32… hina skorpiziveia hekastos eis teim idieim kamin monon afiēkaveia; kai ouk amō monos, …… scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not …
1 Corinthians 16:4ean de axiem ateiō teu kamin poreuorō, sun mi poreueli.… is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.
kami“me”to, fordative singular5×
Luke 1:3“me also”dokata kami parakoloutharēnto anōthen pantei akribōs kathexēs si …Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent …
John 17:6… mi ek tou kosmou. si ale kami autoin dōasa, kai ton logon su …… were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Acts 8:19“me also”legarōntos; Dōavar kami tan exousian houtan hina ho ean …“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on …
Acts 10:28… andro Ioudaio kollorō ē proserchorō allofulo; kami tos theos deikata mēdenon koinon ē …… visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any …
1 Corinthians 15:8… de panteiu hōsperei te ektrōme horita kami.… last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.