Acts 16:33:17Acts.16.33.W17TAB

καὶ

kai

and

Transliteration
KAI
Extended
kai
IPA
/kai/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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  1. word

    KAI

  2. sentence

    KAI pa-ra-la-BON au-TOUS en e-KEI-nêi têi HÔ-ra tês nyk-TOS E-lou-sen a-PO tôn plê-GÔN KAI e-bap-TI-sthê au-TOS KAI hoi au-TOU PAN-tes pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma

Exegesis

In the passive clause ebaptisthē autos kai hoi autou pantes {ἐβαπτίσθη αὐτός καὶ οἱ αὐτοῦ πάντες | e-bap-ti-thē au-tos kai hoi au-toû pan-tes}, “he” and “all his household” receive baptism, and the adverb parachrēma {παραχρῆμα | pa-ra-chrē-ma} emphasizes the immediacy of their response.

In contextActs 16:33

In that same hour of the night, he took them and washed their wounds , and immediately he and all his household were baptized.

About this coordinate

Acts 16:33:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 16:33, 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.16.33.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.33.W17.S1) and character.