Luke 19:21:12Luke.19.21.W12TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /ˈkai/
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
- word
KAI
- sentence
e-pho-BOU-mên GAR se HO-ti AN-thrô-pos au-stê-ROS ei AI-reis ho ouk E-thê-kas KAI the-RI-zeis ho ouk ES-pei-ras
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaì} links the two parallel accusations, and the Greek parallelism is mirrored in translation by maintaining the repeated pattern “what you did not…,” preserving the rhetorical force of the servant’s complaint.
Root and etymology
kairoskappa–alpha–iota–rho–omicron–sigma
“appointed time, opportunity”
In context — Luke 19:21
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take up what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow .
About this coordinate
Luke 19:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 19:21, 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.19.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.21.W12.S1) and character.