Acts 26:29:27Acts.26.29.W27TAB
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
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ho de PAU-los eu-KSAI-mên AN tôi the-ÔI KAI en o-LI-gôi KAI en me-GA-lôi ou MO-non se al-LA KAI PAN-tas tous a-KOU-on-TAS mou SÊ-me-ron ge-NE-sthai toi-OU-tous ho-POI-os KAI e-GÔ EI-mi pa-rek-TOS tôn des-MÔN TOU-tôn
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases en oligō kai en megalō {ἐν ὀλίγῳ καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ | en olígō kaí megálō} constitute a merism denoting degree (“in a little or in much”), which remains literal in the formal reconstruction. The correlative ou monon … alla kai …
{οὐ μόνον … ἀλλὰ καὶ … | ou mónon … allà kaí …} expands the scope from se {σέ | sé} “you” to pantas tous akouontas mou sēmeron {πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντάς μου σήμερον | pántas toùs akoúontas mou sḗmeron} “all who are hearing me today,” highlighting inclusivity.
The infinitive genesthai {γενέσθαι | genésthai} conveys the desired transformation, with the qualitative phrase toioutous hopoios kai egō eimi {τοιούτους ὁποῖος καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι | toioútous hopoîos kaí egṓ eimí} setting Paul’s likeness as the model.
In context — Acts 26:29
But Paul said, “I would wish to God that, whether in a little or in much, not only you but also all who are hearing me today might become such as I am—except for these chains .”
About this coordinate
Acts 26:29:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of Acts 26:29, 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.26.29.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.29.W27.S1) and character.