καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 καὶ πλανᾷ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς διὰ τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ θηρίου λέγων τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ποιῆσαι εἰκόνα τῷ θηρίῳ ὃς ἔχει τὴν πληγὴν τῆς μαχαίρης καὶ ἔζησεν

   KAI pla-NAI tous ka-toi-KOUN-tas e-PI tês GÊS di-A ta sê-MEI-a HA e-DO-thê au-TOI poi-Ê-sai e-NÔ-pi-on tou thê-RI-ou LE-gōn tois ka-toi-KOU-sin e-PI tês GÊS poi-Ê-sai ei-KO-na tōi thê-RI-ōi hos E-khei tēn plē-GÊN tês ma-KHAI-rēs KAI E-dzē-sen

   and he deceives the dwelling on the earth through the signs which was given to him to do before of the beast saying to the dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast who has the wound of the sword and he lived

Exegesis

The sentence begins with the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} linking this clause to the preceding narrative, and the verb plana {πλανᾷ | planâ} ‘deceives’ introduces the main action of the agent (the second beast).

The infinitive poiesai {ποιῆσαι | poiêsai} ‘to make’ serves as the object of the command, modified by the noun eikōna {εἰκόνα | eikóna} ‘image,’ and the relative clause hos echei tēn plēgēn tēs machairēs kai ezēsen {ὃς ἔχει τὴν πληγὴν τῆς μαχαίρης καὶ ἔζησεν | hos échei tēn plēgḕn tês makh-aírēs kaí ézēsen} ‘who has the wound of the sword and lived’ characterizes the beast by connecting its present state with a past event. Aorist and passive constructions are rendered to preserve their nuance of permission and completed action on the part of the beast.