John 15:16:9John.15.16.W9TAB
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 E-thê-ka hy-MAS HI-na hy-MEIS hy-PA-yê-te kai kar-PON PHE-rê-te kai ho kar-POS hy-MÔN ME-nê
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oukh hy-MEIS me ek-se-LEK-sas-the al e-GO ek-se-le-KSA-mên hy-MAS kai E-thê-ka hy-MAS HI-na hy-MEIS hy-PA-yê-te kai kar-PON PHE-rê-te kai ho kar-POS hy-MÔN ME-nê HI-na HO ti AN ai-TÊ-sê-te ton pa-TÊ-ra en tô o-NO-ma-ti mou DÔ hy-MEEN
Exegesis
The first hina {ἵνα | hína} ‘so that’ clause introduces the purpose of that choice: hymeis hypagēte kai karpón phérēte {ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε | hyméis hypágēte kaí karpón phérēte} ‘you may go and bear fruit’ ties movement to productivity, so the disciples are sent into ongoing fruit-bearing.
The coordinated clause kai ho karpós hymôn ménē {καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ | kaí ho karpós hymôn ménē} ‘and that your fruit may remain’ extends the purpose from action to endurance, making permanence the intended outcome of their fruit.
In context — John 15:16
You did not choose Me , but I chose you and appointed you, so that you may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give to you.
About this coordinate
John 15:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 15:16, 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.15.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.16.W9.S1) and character.