Revelation 16:4:1Rev.16.4.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 ho TRI-tos ek-SE-khe-en tên phi-A-lên au-TOU eis tous po-ta-MOUS KAI tas pê-GAS tôn hy-DA-tōn KAI e-GE-ne-to HAI-ma
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunctive kai {Καὶ | Kaí}, tightly linking this action to the sequence of bowl judgments already underway.
The prepositional phrase eis tous potamous kai tas pegas ton hydaton {εἰς τοὺς ποταμοὺς καὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων | eis toûs po-ta-MOÛS kai tàs pē-GÁS tōn hy-DÁ-tōn} identifies two coordinated objects (“rivers” and “springs”) governed by a single preposition “into,” with the genitive ton hydaton modifying both and emphasizing that all sources of fresh water are affected.
The final clause kai egeneto haima {καὶ ἐγένετο αἷμα | kaí e-GÉ-ne-to HÁi-ma} employs the intransitive aorist middle egeneto, “it became,” with a predicate nominative haima, “blood,” summarizing the result of the judgment as a dramatic transformation. English rendering preserves the sequential structure (conjunction plus ordinal), the single decisive action of pouring, the comprehensive scope of the objects, and the climactic placement of “blood” at the end of the sentence to mirror the Greek emphasis.
Root and etymology
dikēdelta–iota–kappa–eta
“right, justice, legal custom”
In context — Revelation 16:4
And the third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and the springs of the waters, and it became blood .
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Revelation 16:4, 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.16.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.4.W1.S1) and character.