καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   but
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν.

   KAI ouk Ê-the-lon el-THEIN

   but not they were willing to come
3. sentence🔊 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ καλέσαι τοὺς κεκλημένους εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν.

   KAI a-PE-stei-len TOOS DOO-loos au-TOO ka-LE-sai TOOS ke-klê-ME-noos eis TOOS GA-moos KAI ouk Ê-the-lon el-THEIN

   And he sent the servants his to call the invited ones to the wedding feast but not they were willing to come

Exegesis

The verse forms a single narrative sentence framed by kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ at both the beginning and before the final clause, creating a smooth sequence of action and response.

The closing coordinated clause kai ouk ēthelon elthein {καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν | kaí ouk ḗthelon eltheîn} presents the response in stark contrast: the imperfect ēthelon portrays a settled or ongoing unwilling disposition, while the infinitive elthein marks the concrete action expected but declined. In translation, the participial construction is rendered with a relative clause (“those who had been invited”) to keep the temporal nuance of the perfect, and the adversative force of the second kai is brought out with “but” to highlight refusal against gracious invitation.

Root and etymology

Kaisar🔊 Καῖσαρkappa–alpha–iota–sigma–alpha–rho

“Caesar, emperor”

• 🔊 Καῖσαρkappa–alpha–iota–sigma–alpha–rhoCaesarLuke 20:22
• 🔊 βασιλεύςbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigmakingActs 17:7