καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   kai

   and
2. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ προφητεύων ἀνθρώποις λαλεῖ οἰκοδομὴν καὶ παράκλησιν καὶ παραμυθίαν

   ho de pro-phê-TEU-ōn an-THRÔ-pois la-LEI oi-ko-do-MÊN kai pa-RA-klê-sin kai pa-ra-my-THI-an

   the {one} but prophesying to people speaks upbuilding and encouragement and consolation

Exegesis

The verb lalei governs three coordinated accusative nouns—oikodomēn {οἰκοδομὴν | oikodomḗn}, paraklēsin {παράκλησιν | paráklēsin}, and paramythian {παραμυθίαν | paramythían}—linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kaí}, producing a rhythmic triad that delineates the effects of prophecy: building up, exhorting, and consoling. Semantically, these accusatives can be understood as accusatives of result or content, specifying what prophetic speech produces in its hearers. English rendering requires turning the participial subject into a finite clause (“the one who prophesies”) and making the accusatives the objects of an expressed preposition (“for edification and exhortation and consolation”) or an infinitival purpose construction (“to strengthen, encourage, and comfort”), both of which retain the focus on the communal benefit of prophecy.