1 Corinthians 13:2:51 Cor.13.2.W5TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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KAI
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KAI e-AN E-khō pro-phē-tei-AN KAI ei-DŌ ta my-STÊ-ri-a PAN-ta KAI PA-san tēn GNŌ-sin KAI e-AN E-khō PA-san tēn PI-stin HŌ-ste O-rē me-thi-STA-nai a-GA-pēn de mē E-khō ou-THEN EI-mi
Exegesis
The first protasis, kai ean echō prophēteian kai eidō ta mystēria panta kai pasan tēn gnōsin {καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν | kaì eàn échō prophēteían kaì eidō̂ tá mustḗria pánta kaì pâsan tḕn gnō̂sin}, chains together three objects of the verb echō, building a picture of comprehensive spiritual understanding.
The second protasis, kai ean echō pasan tēn pistin {καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν | kaì eàn échō pâsan tḕn pístin}, intensifies the hypothetical scenario by adding “all faith,” which is then qualified by the result clause introduced by hōste {ὥστε | hṓste}.
The repeated echō {ἔχω | échō} and coordinating kai {καί | kaí} create a rhythmic crescendo of spiritual capacities.
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:2
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love , I am nothing.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Corinthians 13:2, so the Greek word καὶ (kai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.13.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.2.W5.S1) and character.