1 Corinthians 14:19:121 Cor.14.19.W12TAB
καὶ
kai
“also”
- Transliteration
- kai
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
- English
- also
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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kai
- sentence
al-LA en ek-klay-SEE-a THE-lo PEN-te LO-gous tôi no-EE mou la-LAY-sai HEE-na kai AL-lous ka-tê-KHÊ-sô ê my-REE-ous LO-gous en GLÔS-sê
Exegesis
The hina-clause hina kai allous katecheso {ἵνα καὶ ἄλλους κατηχήσω | hína kaí ál-lous ka-tē-chḗ-sō} is a purpose construction: the aorist subjunctive katecheso “I may instruct” indicates the intended goal of such intelligible speaking, namely to give structured instruction to “others.”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:19
But in the assembly , I would rather speak five words with my understanding , so that I may also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Corinthians 14:19, 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.14.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.19.W12.S1) and character.