Mark 11:18:8Mark.11.18.W8TAB
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 Ê-kou-san hoi ar-khi-e-REIS kai hoi gram-ma-TEIS kai e-DZÊ-toun pôs au-TON a-po-LE-sô-sin e-pho-BOUN-to gar au-TON pâs gar ho O-khlos ek-se-PLÊS-se-to e-PI têi di-da-KHÊ au-TOU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction kai {καί | kaí}, linking this scene to what preceded, followed by the aorist verb ēkousan {ἤκουσαν | ḗ-kou-san} which foregrounds the completed action of hearing.
The coordinated subject hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis {οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς | hoi ar-khi-e-reîs kaí hoi gram-ma-teîs} unites the temple leaders.
Root and etymology
kairoskappa–alpha–iota–rho–omicron–sigma
“appointed time”
In context — Mark 11:18
The chief priests and the scribes heard this and deliberated how to destroy Him , for they were filled with dread of Him, since the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching .
About this coordinate
Mark 11:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 11:18, 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.11.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.11.18.W8.S1) and character.