Revelation 17:16:18Rev.17.16.W18TAB

καὶ

kai

and

Transliteration
KAI
Extended
kai
IPA
/kai/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    KAI

  2. sentence

    KAI ta DE-ka KE-ra-ta HA EI-des KAI to thê-REE-on HOU-toi mi-SÊ-sou-si tên POR-nên KAI ê-rê-mô-ME-nên poi-Ê-sou-sin au-TÊN KAI gym-NÊN KAI tas SAR-kas au-TÊS PHA-go-ntai KAI au-TÊN ka-ta-KAU-sou-sin en py-REI

Exegesis

The verse begins with a coordinated nominal structure, kai ta deka kerata ha eides kai to therion {καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα ἃ εἶδες καὶ τὸ θηρίον | kaí tà dé-ka ké-ra-ta ha eî-des kaí tò thē-rí-on}, in which the relative clause ha eides {ἃ εἶδες | ha eî-des} “which you saw” modifies “the ten horns,” and the second coordinated noun phrase “and the beast” is joined to it.

A resultative sequence follows, introduced by coordinated elements with kai {καὶ | kaí}: the participle ērēmōmenēn {ἠρημωμένην | ē-rē-mō-mé-nēn} precedes the verb poiēsousin {ποιήσουσιν | poi-ḗ-sou-sin} in the idiom “make her desolate,” with autēn {αὐτὴν | au-tḕn} as the object; gumnēn {γυμνήν | gym-nḗn} is an additional predicate accusative, giving a second resultant state (“and naked”).

In contextRevelation 17:16

And the ten horns that you saw, and the beast—these will hate the prostitute, and they will make her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh, and they will burn her up with fire .

About this coordinate

Revelation 17:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Revelation 17:16, 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.17.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.16.W18.S1) and character.