John 6:42:1John.6.42.W1TAB
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
- sentence
KAI E-le-gon oukh hou-TOS ES-tin ee-ay-SOOS ho hy-OS i-ō-SÊPH hou hê-MEIS OI-da-men ton pa-TE-ra KAI tên mê-TE-ra pôs nyn LE-gei HO-ti ek tou ou-ra-NOU ka-ta-BE-bê-ka
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} and the imperfect verb elegon {ἔλεγον | é-le-gon} “they were saying,” which together portray an ongoing murmuring or discussion rather than a single isolated remark.
The objects ton patera kai ten metera {τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα | tón pa-té-ra kaí tḕn mē-té-ra} specify that their familiarity concerns His parents, grounding their skepticism in social and familial acquaintance.
In context — John 6:42
And they were saying, “Is not this Jesus , the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? How then does He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
About this coordinate
John 6:42:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 6:42, 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.6.42.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.42.W1.S1) and character.