Acts 13:5:1Acts.13.5.W1TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
- English
- and
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
KAI
- sentence
KAI ge-NO-me-noi en sa-la-MI-ni ka-TEEG-gel-lon ton LO-gon tou the-OU en TAIS sy-na-gô-GAIS tôn i-ou-dai-ON EI-khon de KAI i-ô-AN-nên hy-pê-RE-tên
Exegesis
The verse begins with the participial clause kai genomenoi {καὶ γενόμενοι | kaí genómenoi} “and having come,” which functions temporally, indicating action prior to the main verb and best rendered in English as “when they had arrived” or “when they reached.”
The narrative then adds a coordinated clause with eichon de kai Iōannēn hypēretēn {εἶχον δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννην ὑπηρέτην | eîchon dé kaí Iōánnēn hypērétēn}.
The conjunction de {δὲ | dé} introduces a mild shift, and kai {καὶ | kaí} adds John to the scene.
Root and etymology
dikaiosdelta–iota–kappa–alpha–iota–omicron–sigma
“righteous, just”
In context — Acts 13:5
And when they had arrived in Salamis, they were proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as an assistant.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 13:5, 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.13.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.5.W1.S1) and character.