Luke 13:7:24Luke.13.7.W24TAB
καὶ
kai
“also”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- KAI
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
- English
- also
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
EI-pen DE pros ton am-pe-lour-GON i-DOU TRI-a E-tê aph hou ER-kho-mai dzê-TON kar-PON en tê sy-KÊ TAU-tê KAI oukh heu-RI-skō EK-kop-son au-TÊN hi-na-TI KAI tên gên ka-tar-GEI
Exegesis
The coordinated clause kai ouch heurisko {καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκω | kaí ouch heurískō} ‘and I do not find’ expresses the proprietor’s frustration.
Finally, the rhetorical question hinati kai ten gen katargei {ἱνατί καὶ τὴν γῆν καταργεῖ | hinatí kaí tḕn gēn katargeî} ‘why should it also render the ground useless?’ justifies the decision by portraying the unproductive tree as depleting the soil. The clause structure moves from address to rationale, mirroring an investigative to judicial progression.
In context — Luke 13:7
So he said to the vinedresser , “Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none; cut it down. Why should it also exhaust the ground ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:7:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Luke 13:7, 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 Luke.13.7.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.7.W24.S1) and character.