Mark 3:22:1Mark.3.22.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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KAI
- sentence
KAI hoi gram-ma-TEIS hoi a-PO hi-e-ro-so-LY-mōn ka-ta-BAN-tes E-le-gon HO-ti be-el-dze-BOUL E-khei KAI HO-ti en tō AR-khon-ti tōn dai-mo-NI-ōn ek-BAL-lei ta dai-MO-ni-a
Exegesis
The verse opens with kai {καὶ | kaí} linking this episode to the preceding narrative and introducing a new subject group.
The repetition of kai {καὶ | kaí} within the verse coordinates the narrative description with the escalating content of the accusation, reinforcing its intensity. In translation, the participial modifier is rendered as a relative clause for natural English flow, the imperfect elegon as “kept saying” or “were saying” to capture its durative aspect, and the instrumental en is expressed as “by” to preserve the notion of agency through the demonic ruler.
In context — Mark 3:22
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept saying, “He has Beelzeboul, and by the ruler of the demons He is casting out the demons.”
About this coordinate
Mark 3:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 3:22, 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.3.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.22.W1.S1) and character.