Acts 3:8:6Acts.3.8.W6TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
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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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KAI ek-sal-LO-me-nos E-stê KAI pe-ri-e-PA-tei KAI ei-SÊL-then SYN au-TOIS eis to hi-e-RON pe-ri-pa-TÔN KAI hal-LO-me-nos KAI ai-NÔN ton the-ON
Exegesis
The sentence opens with kai {καὶ | kaí} linking this event tightly to the preceding narrative, followed immediately by the circumstantial participle exallomenos {ἐξαλλόμενος | exallómenos} ‘leaping up’, which precedes its main verb estē {ἔστη | esté} ‘he stood’ to portray the healed man’s first response in vivid, instantaneous fashion.
Root and etymology
dikedelta–iota–kappa–eta
“justice, right”
In context — Acts 3:8
And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God .
About this coordinate
Acts 3:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 3:8, 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.3.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.3.8.W6.S1) and character.