Acts 17:24:14Acts.17.24.W14TAB

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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Word in context

  1. word

    KAI

  2. sentence

    ho the-OS ho poi-EE-sas ton KOS-mon KAI PAN-ta ta en au-TOI HOU-tos ou-ra-NOU KAI GÊS hy-PAR-khōn KY-ree-os ouk en khei-ro-poi-EE-tois na-OIS ka-toi-KEI

Exegesis

The demonstrative houtos {οὗτος | hoûtos} resumes and emphasizes the subject, leading into a genitive construction ouranou kai gēs {οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς | ouranoû kaí gês} governed by kurios {κύριος | kýrios}, which together express God’s universal lordship “of heaven and earth.”

Root and etymology

kainoskappa–alpha–iota–nu–omicron–sigma

new, fresh

In contextActs 17:24

The God who made the world and all things in it, this One, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.

About this coordinate

Acts 17:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 17:24, 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.17.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.24.W14.S1) and character.