Mark 13:17:7Mark.13.17.W7TAB
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
- word
kai
- sentence
ou-AI de tais en gas-TRI e-KHOU-sais kai tais thê-la-DZOU-sais en e-KEI-nais tais hê-ME-rais
Exegesis
The second group is parallel: kai tais thelazousais {καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις | kai taîs thē-la-zóu-sais} “and the nursing ones,” again a dative feminine plural participial phrase coordinated with the first, reinforcing the focus on vulnerable women with dependent children.
Root and etymology
kairoskappa–alpha–iota–rho–omicron–sigma
“decisive point, appointed time”
In context — Mark 13:17
But woe to the women who are with child and to those nursing in those days !
About this coordinate
Mark 13:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 13:17, 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.13.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.17.W7.S1) and character.