James 3:5:2Jas.3.5.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
- word
KAI
- sentence
HOU-tōs KAI hê GLO-ssa mi-KRON ME-los es-TIN KAI me-GA-la au-KHEI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adverbial connector houtōs kai {οὕτως καὶ | hoú-tōs kaí} ‘in this way also’, linking to the preceding comparison.
The verb estin {ἐστὶν | es-tín} ‘is’ completes this clause, and kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ introduces the contrasting coordinate megala auchei {μεγάλα αὐχεῖ | me-gá-la au-kheî} ‘it boasts of great things’, where the present indicative auchei expresses habitual action.
Root and etymology
dikaiosdelta–iota–kappa–alpha–iota–omicron–sigma
“just, righteous”
In context — James 3:5
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Notice how a small fire can set a vast forest ablaze.
About this coordinate
James 3:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of James 3:5, 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 Jas.3.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.3.5.W2.S1) and character.