John 1:16:9John.1.16.W9TAB
καὶ
kai
“{and}”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- KAI
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
- English
- {and}
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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KAI
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HO-ti ek TOU plê-RÔ-ma-tos au-TOU hê-MEIS PAN-tes e-LA-bo-men KAI KHA-rin an-TI KHA-ri-tos
Exegesis
The coordinating kai {καί | kaí} then links this statement to the climactic phrase charin anti charitos {χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος | khá-rin an-tí khá-ri-tos}, where the preposition anti introduces the idea of succession or replacement, yielding the sense of one grace succeeding another. In the translations, the causal force of hoti is conveyed with “For,” while the dense idiom charin anti charitos is rendered more literally as “grace in place of grace” in the formal reconstruction and interpretively as “one blessing after another” in the dynamic reconstruction, in order to communicate the ongoing, overflowing character of divine favor grounded in Christ’s fullness.
In context — John 1:16
For from His fullness we have all received, and grace in place of grace.
About this coordinate
John 1:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 1:16, 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 John.1.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.16.W9.S1) and character.