John 17:23:4John.17.23.W4TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- KAI
- IPA
- /ˈkai/
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
- phraseyour reading level
e-GO en au-TOIS KAI SY en e-MOI
- sentence
e-GO en au-TOIS KAI SY en e-MOI HI-na O-SIN te-te-lei-o-ME-noi EIS HEN HI-na yi-NO-SKHÊI ho KOS-mos HO-ti SY me a-PE-stei-las KAI ê-GA-pê-sas au-TOUS ka-THÔS e-ME ê-GA-pê-sas
Exegesis
The verse begins with a balanced reciprocal structure, egō en autois kai sy en emoi {ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί | egṓ en autoîs kaí sý en emoí} ‘I in them and You in Me,’ which frames the whole saying as mutual indwelling.
That awareness is then specified by the hoti-content clause {ὅτι | hóti}, which states the content of the world’s recognition: sy me apesteilas kai ēgapēsas autous {σύ με ἀπέστειλας καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτούς | sý me apésteilas kaí ēgápēsas autoús} joins sending and loving as inseparable acts, and the comparative kathōs {καθὼς | kathṓs} places the love for the disciples within the same pattern as the love already given to the Son. The syntax therefore moves from communion, to unity, to witness, to revelation.
Root and etymology
dikedelta iota kappa eta
“justice, right”
In context — John 17:23
I am in them, and You are in Me, so that they may be perfected as one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them just as You loved Me.
About this coordinate
John 17:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 17:23, 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.17.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.17.23.W4.S1) and character.