Revelation 16:19:1Rev.16.19.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
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KAI
- sentence
KAI e-GE-ne-to hê PO-lis hê me-GA-lê eis TRI-a ME-rê KAI hai PO-leis tôn eth-NÔN E-pe-san KAI ba-by-LÔN hê me-GA-lê em-NÊS-thê e-NÔ-pi-on tou the-OU DOU-nai au-TÊ to po-TÊ-ri-on tou OI-nou tou thy-MOU tês or-GÊS au-TOU
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a polysyndetic series using repeated kai {καί | kaí} ‘and’ to connect three vivid judgments.
Root and etymology
dikēdelta–iota–kappa–eta
“right, justice, legal custom”
In context — Revelation 16:19
And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and Babylon the great was remembered before God , to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath .
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Revelation 16:19, 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.16.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.19.W1.S1) and character.