Acts 17:21:4Acts.17.21.W4TAB

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

    a-thê-NAI-oi DE PAN-tes KAI hoi e-pi-dê-MOUN-tes KSE-noi eis ou-DEN HE-te-ron ê-u-KAI-roun ê LE-gein ti ê a-KOU-ein ti kai-NO-te-ron

Exegesis

The sentence opens with the coordinated nominative subject group Athenaioi de pantes kai hoi epidemountes xenoi {Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πάντες καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξένοι | Athē-naî-oi de pán-tes kaí hoi e-pi-dē-moûn-tes xé-noi}, combining the local citizens and the resident foreigners. The postpositive particle de marks a mild transition from the previous narrative.

Root and etymology

kainoskappa–alpha–iota–nu–omicron–sigma

new, fresh

In contextActs 17:21

But all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there were spending their time on nothing else except to tell something or to hear something newer.

About this coordinate

Acts 17:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 17:21, 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.17.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.21.W4.S1) and character.