Acts 22:5:2Acts.22.5.W2TAB
καὶ
kai
“also”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
- English
- also
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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KAI
- sentence
hôs KAI ho ar-khi-e-REUS mar-ty-REI moi KAI PAN to pres-by-TE-ri-on par hôn KAI e-pis-to-LAS de-KSA-me-nos pros tous a-del-PHOUS eis da-mas-KON e-po-reu-O-me-n A-ksōn KAI tous e-KEI-se ON-tas de-de-ME-nous eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM HI-na ti-mō-rê-thô-sin
Exegesis
The coordinated subject ho archiereus kai pan to presbyterion {ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ πᾶν τὸ πρεσβυτέριον | ho archiereús kaí pân tò presbytérion} names the high priest and the entire council of elders as the validating witnesses, governed by the present active indicative verb martyrei {μαρτυρεῖ | martyreî} ‘bears witness.’
Root and etymology
dikēdí-kē
“justice, right”
In context — Acts 22:5
As the high priest and all the council of elders bear witness to me, from whom also, having received letters to the brothers, I was journeying to Damascus to bring even those who were there, having been bound, to Jerusalem so that they might be punished .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 22:5, 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.22.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.5.W2.S1) and character.