John 9:8:19John.9.8.W19TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- KAI
- IPA
- /ˈkai/
Meaning by language
- English
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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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hoi OUN GEI-to-nes KAI hoi the-ô-ROUN-tes au-TON to PRO-te-ron HO-ti pro-SAI-tēs ÊN E-le-gon OUKH ou-TOS es-TIN ho ka-THÊ-me-nos KAI pro-sai-TÔN
Exegesis
The shared subject phrase hoi geitones kai hoi theōrountes auton {οἱ γείτονες καὶ οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτὸν | hoí geítones kaí hoi theōroûntes autón} combines the local neighbors with those who had been observing the man, presenting a collective witness.
The article ho {ὁ | ho} before kathēmenos kai prosaitōn {καθήμενος καὶ προσαιτῶν | ka-thê-me-nos kai pro-sai-tôn} turns the participles into a descriptive label, so the man is identified by his habitual posture and action rather than by name. English is therefore shaped with a freer question form to preserve the incredulous tone while avoiding a rigid, formulaic echo of the Greek surface order.
In context — John 9:8
Therefore the neighbors and the ones who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Could this be the man sitting and begging?”
About this coordinate
John 9:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of John 9:8, 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.9.8.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.8.W19.S1) and character.