Revelation 18:14:1Rev.18.14.W1TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
- English
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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 hê o-PÔ-ra sou TÊS e-pi-thy-MI-as TÊS psy-KHÊS a-PÊL-then a-PO SOU KAI PAN-ta ta li-pa-RA KAI ta lam-PRA a-PÔ-le-to a-PO SOU KAI ou-KE-ti ou MÊ au-TA heu-RÊ-sou-sin
Exegesis
The verse is a single extended sentence composed of three coordinated clauses linked by kai {καί | kaí} ‘and’, forming a cumulative picture of loss.
The second clause, kai panta ta lipara kai ta lampra apōleto apo sou {καὶ πάντα τὰ λιπαρὰ καὶ τὰ λαμπρὰ ἀπώλετο ἀπὸ σοῦ | kaí pán-ta tà lipará kaí tà lamprá apṓleto apó sou}, shifts to an all-encompassing direct object and uses apōleto to convey destruction.
The final clause, kai ouketi ou mē auta heurēsousin {καὶ οὐκέτι οὐ μὴ αὐτὰ εὑρήσουσιν | kaí ou-ké-ti ou mḕ autá heurḗ-sou-sin}, employs the emphatic double negation with future indicative to express irreversible impossibility. This progression from departure, to ruin, to final loss is mirrored in the English verbs ‘departed,’ ‘perished,’ and ‘will never find.’
In context — Revelation 18:14
And the fruit that your soul longed for has departed from you, and all the luxurious things and the splendid things have perished from you, and they will never find them again.
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Revelation 18:14, 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.18.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.14.W1.S1) and character.