καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   kai

   and
2. sentence🔊 Προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν γραμματέων τῶν θελόντων περιπατεῖν ἐν στολαῖς καὶ φιλούντων ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ πρωτοκλισίας ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις

   pro-SE-khe-te a-PO tôn gram-ma-TE-ōn tôn the-LON-tōn pe-ri-pa-TEIN en sto-LAIS kai phi-LOU-ntōn a-spas-MOUS en tais a-go-RAIS kai prō-to-ka-the-dri-AS en tais sy-na-gō-GAIS kai prō-to-kli-si-AS en tois DEIP-nois

   Beware from the scribes the wanting to walk in robes and loving greetings in the marketplaces and best seats in the synagogues and places of honor in the feasts

Exegesis

The sequence kai prōtokathedrías en taîs synagōgaîs kai prōtoklísías en toîs deípnois {καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ πρωτοκλισίας ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις | kaí prōtokathedrías en taîs synagōgaîs kaí prōtoklísías en toîs deípnois} continues the list of accusative objects coordinated with aspasmous, showing that the scribes “love” not only greetings but also prominent seats in religious and social contexts.

The repeated kai {καὶ | kaí} links each element in a cumulative chain, rhetorically piling up examples of public ostentation. In translation, the participial structure is rendered with relative-like clauses (“who desire,” “and love”) to maintain the descriptive force, while the coordinated accusatives become a series of items that preserves the escalating critique of status-seeking behavior.

Root and etymology

kairos🔊 καιρόςkappa–alpha–iota–rho–omicron–sigma

“appointed time, season”

• 🔊 καιρόςkairosseason of fulfillmentMark 1:15