καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   kai

   and
2. sentence🔊 οὗτοι μετὰ τοῦ ἀρνίου πολεμήσουσιν καὶ τὸ ἀρνίον νικήσει αὐτούς ὅτι κύριος κυρίων ἐστὶν καὶ βασιλεὺς βασιλέων καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ κλητοὶ καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ πιστοί

   HOU-toi me-TA tou ar-NI-ou po-le-MÊ-sou-sin kai to ar-NI-on ni-KÊ-sei au-TOUS HO-ti KY-ree-os ky-RI-ôn es-TIN kai ba-si-LEUS ba-si-LE-ôn kai hoi met au-TOU klê-TOI kai ek-lek-TOI kai pis-TOI

   these with the Lamb will make war and the Lamb will conquer them because Lord of lords is and king of kings and the {ones} with of him called and chosen and faithful

Exegesis

The causal clause hoti kurios kyriōn estin kai basileus basileōn {ὅτι κύριος κυρίων ἐστὶν καὶ βασιλεὺς βασιλέων | hóti kýrios kyríōn estìn kaí basileús basiléōn} explains this outcome: stacked genitives ‘Lord of lords’ and ‘King of kings’ form Semitic-style superlatives, asserting absolute sovereignty as the theological ground for the Lamb’s triumph.

The final coordinated clause kai hoi met’ autou klētoi kai eklektoi kai pistoi {καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ κλητοὶ καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ πιστοί | kaí hoi met’ autoû klētoí kaí eklektoí kaí pistoi} shifts focus to His followers: hoi met’ autou ‘those with Him’ introduces a group characterized by a triad of adjectives, each joined by kai in a rhythmic, emphatic series—‘called’, ‘chosen’, ‘faithful’. This sequence underscores their secure identity and participation in His victory. In translation, the future tenses are kept as explicit futures, the causal hoti-clause is rendered with “because/for” to preserve the logical grounding, and the royal titles are translated in their recognized liturgical form to maintain their weight and resonance.