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{κἀγωì} {κἀμοιì} κἀμεì

So also the dative (second form) and accusative (third form); from G2532 and G1473

κἀγώ (so the recent editions usually (in opposed to the κἀγώ etc. of Griesbach, et al., cf. Herm. Vig., p. 526; Winers Grammar, § 5, 4 a.; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 4; cf. Iota)) (by crasis from καί ἐγώ (retained e. g. in Matthew 26:15 T; Luke 2:48 WH; T Tr WH; Acts 10:26 T Tr WH; WH, etc.; cf. Buttmann, 10; Winers Grammar, § 5, 3; WHs Appendix, p. 145; especially Tdf. Proleg., p. 96f), for the first time in Homer, Iliad 21, 108 (variant, cf. Odyssey 20, 296 variant (h. Merc. 17, 3); cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer, p. 619)), dative κἀμοί (καί ἐμοί Acts 10:28 R G), accusative κἀμέ;

1. and I, the καί simply connecting: John 10:21, etc.; and I (together), Luke 2:48; distributively, and I (in like manner): John 6:56; John 15:4; John 17:26; and I (on the other hand), James 2:18 (καγο ἔργα ἔχω); Luke 22:29; Acts 22:19; and I (indeed), John 6:57; Romans 11:3. at the beginning of a period, Latinet equidem, and I (to speak of myself): John 1:31, 33; John 12:32; 1 Corinthians 2:1; with the καί used consecutively (see under καί, I. 2 d.), cf. our and so: Matthew 11:28; John 20:15; Acts 22:13; 2 Corinthians 6:17; κἀγώ ... καί, both ... and: κἀμέ οἴδατε, καί οἴδατε πόθεν εἰμί, both me (my person) and my origin, John 7:28.

2. "I also; I as well; I likewise; in like manner I:" so that one puts himself on a level with others, Matthew 2:8; Matthew 10:32; Luke 11:9; Luke 16:9; John 15:9,( Tdf.); ; Acts 10:26; 1 Corinthians 7:40; 2 Corinthians 11:16, 18, 21f; in the second member of a comparison, after ὁποῖος, ὡς, καθώς, Acts 26:29; 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Revelation 2:28 (); see under καί, II. 1 a. with a suppression of the mention of those with whom the writer compares himself: Ephesians 1:15 (as well as others); 1 Thessalonians 3:5 (as well as my companions at Athens; cf. Lünemann at the passage). κἀμοί: Luke 1:3; Acts 8:19; 1 Corinthians 15:8; κἀμέ: 1 Corinthians 16:4. equivalent to I in turn: Matthew 16:18; Matthew 21:24; Luke 20:3; Galatians 6:14.

3. even I, this selfsame I, the καί pointing the statement: Romans 3:7; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 835.

STRONGS NT 2504: κἀμέ [κἀμέ, see κἀγώ.]

STRONGS NT 2504: κἀμοί [κἀμοί, see κἀγώ.]

κἀγώ , see (ἐγώ . G1473)

For this common crasis in the NT (cf. WH Notes.2 p. 152) we may cite PSI V. 540.17 (iii/B.C.) καλῶς ποιήσεις ?] γράψασά μοι [περὶ τούτων ? ἵ ]να καἰγὼ εἰδῶ. The editor compares P Tebt II. 412.4 (late ii/A.D.) καλῶς ποιήσις ἄνελθε εἰς τὴν μητρόπολιν. . ἐπὶ καἰγὼ ἀνέρχομε (l. –μαι) εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ";please come up to the metropolis, since I also am coming up to the city"; (Edd.), and the amended reading (Archiv vi. p. 204) of P Par 51.15 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 20) ὁρῶ σοι αὐτὸν καθιστῶντα αὐτὰς κἀαγὼ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἐπορευόμην. See also Meisterhans Gr. p. 72, Moulton Gr. ii. p. 63, and for the LXX usage Thackeray Gr. i. p. 137 f.