Mark 13:12:1Mark.13.12.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 pa-ra-DO-sei a-del-PHOS a-del-PHON eis THA-na-ton KAI pa-TÊR TEK-non KAI e-pa-na-STÊ-so-ntai TEK-na e-PI go-NEIS KAI tha-na-TÔ-sou-sin au-TOUS
Exegesis
The verse forms a single sentence linked by the repeated conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, which coordinates a series of future events and creates a piling-up effect.
The next phrase, kai pater teknon {καὶ πατὴρ τέκνον | kai patḗr téknon}, omits an explicit verb, relying on ellipsis: the verb “will deliver up” is understood from the prior clause, producing a stark, compressed pairing “father (will deliver up) child.”
Root and etymology
kairoskappa–alpha–iota–rho–omicron–sigma
“decisive point, appointed time”
In context — Mark 13:12
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and will put them to death.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 13:12, 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.13.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.12.W1.S1) and character.