Matthew 20:10:14Matt.20.10.W14TAB
καὶ
kai
“also”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- KAI
- IPA
- /ˈkai/
Meaning by language
- English
- also
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
- clause
KAI E-la-bon TO a-NA dê-NA-ri-on KAI au-TOI
- sentence
KAI el-THON-tes hoi PRÔ-toi e-NO-mi-san HO-ti PLEI-on LÊM-pson-tai KAI E-la-bon TO a-NA dê-NA-ri-on KAI au-TOI
Exegesis
The repeated kai {καί | kaí} creates a simple narrative chain rather than asyndeton, linking the expectation clause to the outcome clause.
The concluding kai autoi {καὶ αὐτοί | kaí autoí} ‘and they themselves’ underscores that this same standard payment applied even to those who came first, reinforcing the theme of equal treatment. In translation, the temporal participle is rendered as a finite clause (“when the first came / when those who were hired first arrived”), and the idiom to ana denarion is expressed as “the denarius each” or “a denarius each” to communicate the distributive sense. The coordinating kai linking expectation and result is rendered as “and” in formal and “yet” in dynamic to convey the implied contrast without overcomplicating the sentence.
Root and etymology
dikedelta–iota–kappa–eta
“justice, right”
In context — Matthew 20:10
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they themselves received the denarius each.
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 20:10, 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.20.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.10.W14.S1) and character.