καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ ἀρνίον ἑστὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος Σιών καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες ἔχουσαι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένον ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων αὐτῶν

   KAI EI-don KAI i-DOU to ar-NI-on hes-TOS e-PI to O-ros si-ON KAI met au-TOU he-ka-TON tes-se-RA-kon-ta TES-sa-res khi-li-A-des E-khou-sai to O-no-ma au-TOU KAI to O-no-ma tou pa-TROS au-TOU ge-gram-ME-non e-PI tôn me-TO-pōn au-TÔN

   and I saw and behold the Lamb standing upon the mountain Zion and with of him hundred forty four thousands having the name of him and the name of the Father of him written upon the foreheads of them

Exegesis

The verse opens with the narrative connector kai eidon {Καὶ εἶδον | Kaí eî-don} ‘and I saw,’ introducing John’s visionary role through the first person aorist indicative.

The succeeding kai idou {καὶ ἰδοὺ | kaí idoú} ‘and behold’ serves as an attention signal, highlighting the significance of the revelation.

The coordination kai metʼ autou {καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ | kaí metʼ autoû} ‘and with Him’ links the group designated by the numeral series hekaton tessarakonta tessares chilades {ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες | he-ka-tòn tes-se-rá-kon-ta tés-sa-res khi-lí-a-des}, a cumulative construct yielding 144,000.

The participle echousai {ἔχουσαι | é-khou-sai} ‘having’ agrees with chilades ‘thousands’ to introduce what follows, namely the coordinated objects to onoma autou kai to onoma tou patros autou {τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ | tò ónoma autoû kaí tò ónoma toû patròs autoû}, ‘His name and His Father’s name.’