Revelation 16:18:1Rev.16.18.W1TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
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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Word in context
- word
KAI
- sentence
KAI e-GHE-non-to a-stra-PAI KAI phō-NAI KAI bron-TAI KAI SEIS-mos e-GHE-ne-to ME-gas HOI-os ouk e-GHE-ne-to ap hou AN-thrō-poi e-GHE-non-to e-PI tês gês tê-li-KOU-tos SEIS-mos HOU-tō ME-gas
Exegesis
The verse is structured as a paratactic chain of phenomena introduced by repeated kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, creating an accumulative, escalating effect.
The opening clause, kai egenonto astrapai kai phonai kai brontai {καὶ ἐγένοντο ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί | kaí egénonto astrapaí kaí phōnaí kaí brontaí}, uses the aorist middle egenonto as an intransitive “there came to be,” with three coordinated nominative plurals listing the storm theophany elements.
The next clause shifts to the singular: kai seismos egeneto megas {καὶ σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας | kaí seismós egéneto mégas}, where seismós stands as subject and megas as a predicate adjective, emphasizing the earthquake as the climax of the sequence.
Root and etymology
dikēdelta–iota–kappa–eta
“right, justice, legal custom”
In context — Revelation 16:18
And there were flashes of lightning, and voices, and peals of thunder, and there was a great earthquake —such as had not been since men were upon the earth—so mighty an earthquake, so great.
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Revelation 16:18, 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 Rev.16.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.18.W1.S1) and character.