Mark 12:34:1Mark.12.34.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 ho ee-ay-SOOS i-DŌN au-TON HO-ti nou-ne-KHŌS a-pe-KRI-thê EI-pen au-TŌ ou ma-KRAN EI a-PO tês ba-si-LEI-as tou the-OU KAI ou-de-EIS ou-KE-ti e-TOL-ma au-TON e-pe-rō-TÊ-sai
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} linking this saying to the preceding exchange, followed by the subject ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iēsoûs}.
The closing clause kai oudeis ouketi etolma auton eperotēsai {καὶ οὐδεὶς οὐκέτι ἐτόλμα αὐτὸν ἐπερωτῆσαι | kaí oudeís oukéti etólma autón eperōtêsai} uses the imperfect etolma "was daring" with the complementary aorist infinitive eperotēsai "to ask" to describe an ongoing state in the past in which no one any longer dared to question Jesus. The formal and dynamic reconstructions reflect this structure by distinguishing the background perception from the main speech act and by preserving the "not far" idiom to retain the evaluative, yet invitational, nuance of Jesus' declaration.
Root and etymology
Kaisarkappa–alpha–iota–sigma–alpha–rho
“Caesar, emperor”
In context — Mark 12:34
And Jesus , having seen that he answered wisely, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God ." And no one any longer dared to question Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 12:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 12:34, 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.12.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.34.W1.S1) and character.