Matthew 15:17:14Matt.15.17.W14TAB

καὶ

kai

and

Transliteration
kai
Extended
kai
IPA
/kai/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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  1. word

    kai

  2. sentence

    ou no-EI-te HO-ti PAN to eis-po-reu-O-me-non eis to STO-ma eis tên koi-LI-an kho-REI kai eis a-phe-DRÔ-na ek-BAL-le-tai

Exegesis

The verbs chorei {χωρεῖ | chō-reî} ‘goes’ and ekballetai {ἐκβάλλεται | ek-bál-le-tai} ‘is expelled’ are coordinated by kai {καὶ | kaí}, marking successive stages in this movement. In translation, the participial construction is rendered with “everything entering” (formal) and “whatever you eat” (dynamic) to make the substantival participle explicit, while the prepositional sequence is kept intact to reflect the logical, physical progression that undergirds the argument about what does and does not defile a person.

In contextMatthew 15:17

Do you not understand that everything entering into the mouth goes into the stomach and is cast out into the latrine ?

About this coordinate

Matthew 15:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 15:17, 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 Matt.15.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.17.W14.S1) and character.