2 Peter 3:7:52 Pet.3.7.W5TAB

καὶ

kai

and

Transliteration
KAI
Extended
kai
IPA
/kai/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    KAI

  2. sentence

    hoi de NYN ou-ra-NOI KAI hê GÊ tôi au-TÔI LO-gōi te-te-thê-sau-ris-ME-noi ei-SIN py-RI tê-ROU-me-noi eis hê-ME-ran KRI-se-ōs KAI a-pō-LEI-as tôn a-se-BÔN an-THRŌ-pōn

Exegesis

The clause begins with the coordinated subject hoi de nyn ouranoi kai hē gē {οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ γῆ | hoí dè nýn ouranoí kai hē gē̂}, where the adversative particle de {δὲ | dè} contrasts the present created order with what has just been described in the preceding context.

The prepositional phrase eis hēmeran kriseōs kai apōleias {εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας | eis hēméran kríseōs kai apōleías} expresses the final goal: a particular “day” characterized both by judgment and destruction.

Root and etymology

kain-kappa–alpha–iota–nu

new, fresh, unprecedented

In context2 Peter 3:7

But the heavens and the earth that now exist, by the same word have been stored up and are being kept for fire, reserved for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

About this coordinate

2 Peter 3:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Peter 3:7, 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 2 Pet.3.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.3.7.W5.S1) and character.