Mark 6:3:17Mark.6.3.W17TAB
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
oukh hou-TOS es-TIN ho TEK-tōn ho hy-OS tês ma-REE-as kai a-del-PHOS ia-KŌ-bou kai i-ō-SÊ-tos kai i-OU-da kai SEE-mō-nos kai ouk ei-SIN hai a-del-PHAI au-TOU HÔ-de pros hê-MAS kai es-kan-da-LI-zon-to en au-TÔI
Exegesis
A coordinated series with repeated kai {καὶ | kaí} links adelphos Iakovou, Iosetos, Iouda, Simonos {ἀδελφὸς Ἰακώβου, Ἰωσῆτος, Ἰούδα, Σίμωνος | adelphòs Iakṓ-bou, Iō-sê-tos, Ioú-da, Sím-ō-nos}, all genitives dependent on adelphos {ἀδελφὸς | adelphòs}, underscoring His known family connections.
The second rhetorical question begins with kai ouk eisin {καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν | kaí ouk eisìn}, parallel to the first negative opening, and presents a new subject, hai adelphai autou {αἱ ἀδελφαὶ αὐτοῦ | hai adelphài autoû}, with the locative adverb hode {ὧδε | hō-de} and prepositional phrase pros hemas {πρὸς ἡμᾶς | pròs hē-mâs} to stress that His sisters are physically present within the same community.
The final clause kai eskandalizonto en auto {καὶ ἐσκανδαλίζοντο ἐν αὐτῷ | kaí eskan-dalíz-on-to en autō̂} uses the imperfect middle/passive to portray an ongoing or repeated reaction of offense “in Him,” that is, centered on His person. The overall syntactic pattern moves from identification to enumeration of relatives to the communal response, showing how Jesus’ ordinary social location in Nazareth becomes the very grounds for their stumbling over Him.
Root and etymology
dikēdelta–iota–kappa–eta
“justice, legal right”
In context — Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter , the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 6:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 6:3, 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.6.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.3.W17.S1) and character.