John 19:1:8John.19.1.W8TAB
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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Word in context
- word
KAI
- sentence
TO-te OON E-la-ben ho pi-LA-tos TON ee-ay-SOON KAI e-ma-STI-go-sen
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links a second aorist verb, emastigosen {ἐμαστίγωσεν | e-mas-tí-gō-sen}, to elaben, yielding a simple paratactic structure: “he took … and scourged.” Both verbs in the aorist indicative present the events as completed historical acts, with no mitigating qualifiers, underscoring the stark, judicial nature of the violence. In English, the implicit subject is made explicit as “Pilate” in a standard subject–verb–object order for clarity, and the two aorist verbs are rendered as sequential past actions (“took” and “scourged/had Him flogged”), preserving both the narrative flow and the sense of decisive actions taken against Jesus.
Root and etymology
Kaisarkappa–alpha–iota–sigma–alpha–rho
“Caesar, emperor”
In context — John 19:1
Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
About this coordinate
John 19:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 19:1, 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.19.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.1.W8.S1) and character.