καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 Εἴ τις ἔρχεται πρός με καὶ οὐ μισεῖ τὸν πατέρα ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τὰς ἀδελφάς ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ οὐ δύναται εἶναί μου μαθητής

   EI tis ER-khe-tai PROS me KAI ou mi-SEI ton pa-TE-ra he-au-TOU KAI tên mê-TE-ra KAI tên gy-NAI-ka KAI ta TEK-na KAI tous a-del-PHOUS KAI tas a-del-PHAS E-ti te KAI tên psy-KHÊN he-au-TOU ou DY-na-tai ei-NAI mou ma-thê-TÊS

   If someone comes to me and not hates the father of himself and the mother and the wife and the children and the brothers and the sisters still and and the life of himself not is able to be my disciple

Exegesis

The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links to the negated verb ou misei {οὐ μισεῖ | ou mi-seî} ‘does not hate’, which employs a Semitic comparative idiom to express preferential allegiance rather than literal animosity.

This verb governs a series of coordinated accusatives—ton patera {τὸν πατέρα | tὸn pa-té-ra}, ten metera {τὴν μητέρα | tḕn mē-té-ra}, ten gunaika {τὴν γυναῖκα | tḕn gu-nâi-ka}, ta tekna {τὰ τέκνα | tà té-kna}, tous adelphous {τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς | toùs a-del-phoùs}, tas adelphas {τὰς ἀδελφάς | tàs a-del-phás}—culminating with the emphatic adverbial phrase eti te kai ten psuchēn heautou {ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ | é-ti te kaí tḕn psu-khḕn he-au-toû} ‘yes, even the soul of himself’.

Root and etymology

dikē🔊 δίκηdelta–iota–kappa–eta

“justice, right, legal claim”

• 🔊 δικαιοσύνηdikaiosýnērighteousness, justiceRomans 3:21