John 6:36:8John.6.36.W8TAB
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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KAI
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al EI-pon hy-MEEN HO-ti KAI he-ô-RA-ka-TE me KAI ou pis-TEU-e-te
Exegesis
Within this clause, kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘also’ modifies heorakate {ἑωράκατε | he-ō-RA-ka-te} ‘you have seen’, emphasizing that the hearers have indeed had direct experiential knowledge of Jesus. The perfect tense of heorakate presents their seeing as a completed event with abiding results, heightening their accountability.
The second kai {καὶ | kaí} joins this assertion of sight with the negated present indicative ou pisteuete {οὐ πιστεύετε | ou pis-TEU-e-te} ‘you do not believe’, creating a tension between past sight and ongoing unbelief. The present tense of pisteuete stresses the current, continuing refusal to respond in faith. In translation, the hoti-clause is rendered as a that-clause in English, while the second kai plus ou is expressed as “and yet” (formal) and “still” (dynamic) to bring out the implied concessive force of seeing without believing.
In context — John 6:36
But I said to you that you have also seen Me , and yet you do not believe .
About this coordinate
John 6:36:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 6:36, 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.6.36.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.36.W8.S1) and character.