Luke 2:4:3Luke.2.4.W3TAB
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
- word
KAI
- sentence
a-NE-bê de KAI i-ō-SÊPH a-PO tês ga-li-LAI-as ek PO-le-ōs na-dza-RETH eis tên i-ou-da-I-an eis PO-lin da-u-ID HÊ-tis ka-LEI-tai bêth-LE-e-em di-A to EI-nai au-TON eks OI-kou KAI pa-tri-AS da-u-ID
Exegesis
The main narrative begins with the aorist verb anebe {Ἀνέβη | ané-bē} ‘went up’, linked by the postpositive particle de {δὲ | dè} and coordinating kai {καὶ | kaí}.
The qualitative relative clause hētis kaleitai Bēthleem {ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ | hḗ-tis ka-leî-tai Bēth-lé-em} names Bethlehem, and the causal articular infinitive dia to einai auton {διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν | diá tò eî-nai au-tón} introduces the reason—his Davidic origin—further specified by the coordinated genitives ex oikou kai patrias Dauid {ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυίδ | ex oí-kou kaì pa-triâs Dauíd}.
Root and etymology
dikedi-kē
“justice, what is right”
In context — Luke 2:4
Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city—called Bethlehem—because he was from the house and lineage of David .
About this coordinate
Luke 2:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 2:4, 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.2.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.4.W3.S1) and character.