Acts 13:1:20Acts.13.1.W20TAB

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

    Ê-san de en an-ti-o-KHEI-a ka-TA tên OU-san ek-klê-SI-an pro-PHÊ-tai kai di-DAS-ka-loi HO te bar-na-BAS kai Sy-me-ÔN ho ka-LOU-me-nos NI-ger kai LOU-ki-os ho Ky-rê-NAI-os ma-na-ÊN te hê-RÔ-i-dou tou te-tra-AR-khou SYN-tro-phos kai SAU-los

Exegesis

The plural subjects prophētai kai didaskaloi {προφῆται καὶ διδάσκαλοι | pro-phê-tai kaí di-dás-ka-loi} introduce two groups of recognized leaders, with coordination by kai indicating a combined leadership team rather than separate assemblies.

The correlative structure ho te Barnabas kai Symeōn {ὅ τε Βαρναβᾶς καὶ Συμεὼν | ho te Bar-na-bâs kaí Sy-me-ōn} uses ho … te … kai to signal “both Barnabas and Simeon” as a unit within the list.

Root and etymology

dikaiosdelta–iota–kappa–alpha–iota–omicron–sigma

righteous, just

In contextActs 13:1

Now there were in Antioch , in the church that was there, prophets and teachers—Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, companion of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

About this coordinate

Acts 13:1:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 13:1, 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 Acts.13.1.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.1.W20.S1) and character.