Acts 14:5:8Acts.14.5.W8TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- kai
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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kai
- sentence
hōs de e-GHE-ne-to hor-MÊ tôn e-thNÔN te kai i-ou-dai-ÔN syn tois AR-khou-sin au-TÔN hy-BRI-sai kai li-tho-bo-LÊ-sai au-TOUS
Exegesis
The genitive plural phrase tōn ethnôn te kai Ioudaíōn {τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ Ἰουδαίων | tōn ethnôn te kai Ioudaíōn} denotes joint agents of hostility.
The coordinated infinitives hybrísai {ὑβρίσαι | hybrísai} ‘to mistreat’ and lithobolêsai {λιθοβολῆσαι | lithobolêsai} ‘to stone’ express intended actions of dishonor and execution, joined by kaí {καὶ | kaí}. In English, these are rendered as “an attempt was made” and “an attempt began” to emphasize the initiation of hostile intent rather than its completion.
In context — Acts 14:5
But when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 14:5, 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.14.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.5.W8.S1) and character.