Acts 15:32:5Acts.15.32.W5TAB

καὶ

kai

and

Transliteration
KAI
Extended
kai
IPA
/ˈkai/

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

    i-OU-das te KAI si-LAS KAI au-TOI pro-PHÊ-tai ON-tes di-A LO-gou pol-LOU pa-re-KA-le-san tous a-del-PHOUS KAI e-pe-STÊ-ri-san

Exegesis

The verse is a single clause with a compound subject Ioudas {Ἰούδας | Ioú-das} and Silas {Σιλᾶς | Si-lâs}, linked by the correlative particle te {τέ | té} and the conjunction kai {καί | kaí}, giving the sense of both persons together.

The phrase kai autoi prophetai ontes {καὶ αὐτοὶ προφῆται ὄντες | kaí au-toí pro-phê-tai ón-tes} is an intensive participial construction indicating that these men are indeed prophets, with the present participle ontes providing descriptive background.

In contextActs 15:32

And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.

About this coordinate

Acts 15:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 15:32, 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.15.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.32.W5.S1) and character.