Luke 15:25:10Luke.15.25.W10TAB
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
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EEN de ho hy-OS au-TOU ho pres-BY-te-ros en a-GRO KAI hôs er-KHO-me-nos ÊÊN-gis-en têi oi-KEE-ai ÊÊ-kou-sen sym-phô-NI-as KAI kho-RÔN
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links to a temporal clause introduced by hôs {ὡς | hôs} ‘as,’ with the participle erchómenos {ἐρχόμενος | erchómenos} ‘coming’ connecting closely to the aorist verb enggisen {ἤγγισεν | ênggisen} ‘drew near,’ to highlight the completed approach.
The subsequent aorist êkousen {ἤκουσεν | êkousen} ‘he heard’ takes the genitive pair symphōnías kai khōrôn {συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν | symphōnías kaí khōrôn}, which functions as a hendiadys to portray a unified festive scene of sound and movement. In translation, the temporal construction with hôs is rendered as “as he came” in the formal version and as “As he came closer” in the dynamic version, while enggisen is expressed as “drew near” formally and “came closer” dynamically to convey the sense of approach.
Root and etymology
Rootdelta–iota–kappa–eta
“justice, right”
In context — Luke 15:25
Now his elder son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing .
About this coordinate
Luke 15:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 15:25, 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.15.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.25.W10.S1) and character.