Luke 23:39:16Luke.23.39.W16TAB
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
- sentence
SŌ-son se-au-TON kai hê-MAS
Exegesis
The reported speech is structured as a simple condition introduced by ei {Εἰ | ei} ‘if’, followed by the clause sy ei ho Christos {σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός | sy ei ho Christos} ‘you are the Christ’, and then the aorist imperative sōson seauton kai hēmas {σῶσον σεαυτόν καὶ ἡμᾶς | sōson seauton kai hēmas} ‘save yourself and us’. The aorist imperative presents the demanded action as a decisive, immediate rescue. In translation, the initial imperfect is rendered with a past progressive (“was blaspheming” / “insulted …” with contextual sense of ongoing action), while the participle legōn becomes “saying” to smoothly lead into direct quotation. The conditional ei-clause is reproduced with “If You are…” to preserve the taunting, testing tone that challenges Jesus’ messianic identity and demands visible proof through deliverance.
Root and etymology
dikēdelta–iota–kappa–ēta
“justice, right, penalty”
In context — Luke 23:39
But one of the criminals who were hanged was blaspheming Him, saying, “If You are the Christ , save Yourself and us.”
About this coordinate
Luke 23:39:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 23:39, 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.23.39.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.39.W16.S1) and character.