καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   kai

   and
2. sentence🔊 Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν Ἰκονίῳ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ λαλῆσαι οὕτως ὥστε πιστεῦσαι Ἰουδαίων τε καὶ Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πλῆθος

   e-GE-ne-to de en i-ko-NI-ō ka-TA to au-TO ei-sel-THEIN au-TOUS eis tēn sy-na-gō-GĒN tōn i-ou-da-I-ōn kai la-LÊ-sai HOU-tōs HŌ-ste pi-STEÛ-sai i-ou-da-I-ōn te kai hel-LĒ-nōn po-LY PLÊ-thos

   Now it happened and in Iconium according to the same to enter them into the synagogue of the Jews and to speak thus so that to believe of Jews both and Greeks many multitude

Exegesis

The coordinated infinitive lalēsai {λαλῆσαι | lalêsai} joined by kai {καὶ | kaí} elaborates that they spoke, and the adverb houtōs {οὕτως | hoútōs} qualifies the manner of speaking.

The genitive nouns Ioudaiōn te kai Hellēnōn {Ἰουδαίων τε καὶ Ἑλλήνων | Ioudaíōn te kaí Hellḗnōn}, linked by the enclitic particle te, identify the mixed audience, while polu plēthos {πολὺ πλῆθος | polý plḗthos} emphasizes the size of the response. In English, the infinitival sequence is rendered as finite clauses for clarity, and the result clause is conveyed with “so that” or “so effectively that” to preserve its causal force.