Acts 21:5:15Acts.21.5.W15TAB

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-te de e-GHE-ne-to ek-sar-TI-sai hê-MAS tas hê-ME-ras ek-sel-THON-tes e-po-reu-O-me-tha pro-pem-PON-tōn hê-MAS PAN-tōn syn gy-nai-KSI KAI TEK-nois HE-ōs EK-sō tês PO-le-ōs KAI THEN-tes ta GO-na-ta e-PI ton ai-gi-a-LON pro-seu-KSA-me-noi

Exegesis

The genitive absolute propempontōn hemas pantōn {προπεμπόντων ἡμᾶς πάντων | pro-pem-pón-tōn hē-mâs pán-tōn} adds the detail of communal escort, further defined by the prepositional phrase sun gunaixi kai teknois {σὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις | sún gy-naixí kaí ték-nois} ‘with women and children’.

In contextActs 21:5

When our days were completed , we left and continued our journey, and all of them—with wives and children—escorted us outside the city; then, after kneeling on the shore, we prayed .

About this coordinate

Acts 21:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 21:5, 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.21.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.5.W15.S1) and character.