Acts 17:3:2Acts.17.3.W2TAB

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

    di-a-NOI-gōn KAI pa-ra-ti-THE-me-nos HO-ti ton khri-STON E-dei pa-THEIN KAI a-na-STÊ-nai ek ne-KRÔN KAI HO-ti hou-TOS es-TIN ho khri-STOS ho ee-ay-SOOS HON e-GÔ ka-ta-NGEL-lō hy-MIN

Exegesis

The first clause, hoti ton christon edei pathein kai anastēnai ek nekrōn {ὅτι τὸν χριστὸν ἔδει παθεῖν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν | hó-ti tón khri-stón é-dei pa-theîn kaì a-na-stē-nai ek ne-krôn}, combines the impersonal verb edei ‘it was necessary’ with a pair of complementary aorist infinitives, pathein ‘to suffer’ and anastēnai ‘to rise’, framing Messiah’s suffering and resurrection as a divinely ordained necessity. The prepositional phrase ek nekrōn ‘from the dead ones’ specifies the realm out of which the rising occurs, underscoring bodily resurrection.

Root and etymology

kainoskappa–alpha–iota–nu–omicron–sigma

new, fresh

In contextActs 17:3

Explaining thoroughly and setting forth that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.

About this coordinate

Acts 17:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 17:3, 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.17.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.3.W2.S1) and character.