Acts 15:23:17Acts.15.23.W17TAB
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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KAI
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GRA-psan-tes di-A khei-ROS au-TON hoi a-PO-sto-loi KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi a-del-PHOI tois ka-TA tên an-ti-O-khei-an KAI SY-ri-an KAI ki-li-KI-an a-del-PHOIS tois eks eth-NÔN KHAI-rein
Exegesis
The nominative sequence hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbyteroi adelphoi {Οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἀδελφοὶ | hoi apó-sto-loi kaí hoi pres-bú-te-roi a-del-phoí} appositionally links apostles and elders and then explicitly names them “brothers,” underlining shared spiritual kinship.
The dative spatial designation tois kata tēn Antiochiean kai Syrian kai Kilikian adelphois tois ex ethnōn {τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν καὶ Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν | toîs katá tēn An-ti-ó-khei-an kaí Sy-rí-an kaí Ki-li-kí-an a-del-phoîs toîs éx eth-nôn} situates the recipients geographically and ethnically, with kata plus accusatives marking location and ex plus genitive denoting origin from the nations.
In context — Acts 15:23
Having written by their own hand, the apostles and the elders, brothers , to the brothers from among the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greetings .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:23:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 15:23, 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.15.23.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.23.W17.S1) and character.