Matthew 18:3:1Matt.18.3.W1TAB
καὶ
ai
“{And}”
- Transliteration
- AI
- Extended
- AI
- IPA
- /ˈkai/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And}
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AI
- clause
AI EI-pen
- sentence
AI EI-pen a-MÊN LE-gô hy-MIN e-AN MÊ stra-PHÊ-te AI YE-nê-sthe hôs TA pai-DI-a ou MÊ eis-EL-thê-te eis TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN ou-ra-NÔN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative marker kai eipen {καὶ εἶπεν | kaí eî-pen} introducing direct speech, immediately followed by the emphatic particle Amēn {Ἀμὴν | Amḗn} ‘truly’ that intensifies the ensuing declaration legō hymin {λέγω ὑμῖν | lég-ō hymîn} ‘I say to you.’
The conditional protasis is signaled by ean mē {ἐὰν μὴ | e-an mḗ} ‘if not,’ governing two coordinated aorist subjunctives straphēte kai genēsthe {στραφῆτε καὶ γένησθε | stra-phê-te kaí gé-nē-sthe}, which together denote decisive conversion and transformation.
In context — Matthew 18:3
And He said, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children , you shall certainly not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Matthew 18:3, so the Greek word καὶ (ai) 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.18.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.3.W1.S1) and character.