Mark 11:13:1Mark.11.13.W1TAB
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
KAI i-DON sy-KEEN a-PO ma-KRO-then E-khou-san PHYL-la ÊL-then ei A-ra ti heu-RÊ-sei en au-TÊ KAI el-THON ep au-TÊN ou-DEN HEU-ren ei MÊ PHYL-la ho gar kai-ROS ouk ÊN SY-kōn
Exegesis
The explanatory clause ho gàr kairós {ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς | ho gàr kairós} ‘for the season’ with ouk ēn {οὐκ ἦν | ouk ēn} ‘was not’ and sýkōn {σύκων | sýκōn} ‘of figs’ provides the causal reason, reflecting the divine ordering of fruit-bearing.
Root and etymology
kairoskappa–alpha–iota–rho–omicron–sigma
“appointed time”
In context — Mark 11:13
And seeing a fig tree from a distance with leaves, He approached it to ascertain whether He might find anything on it; and upon reaching it, He found nothing except leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
About this coordinate
Mark 11:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 11:13, 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 Mark.11.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.11.13.W1.S1) and character.