καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἔκραξεν ἐν ἰσχυρᾷ φωνῇ λέγων Ἔπεσεν ἔπεσεν Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη καὶ ἐγένετο κατοικητήριον δαιμονίων καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς πνεύματος ἀκαθάρτου καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς ὀρνέου ἀκαθάρτου καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς θηρίου ἀκαθάρτου καὶ μεμισημένου

   KAI E-kra-ksen en is-khy-RAI phō-NÊ LE-gōn E-pe-sen E-pe-sen Ba-by-LŌN hē me-GA-lē KAI e-GE-ne-to ka-toi-kê-TÊ-ri-on dai-mo-NI-ōn KAI phy-la-KÊ pan-TOS PNEU-ma-tos a-ka-THAR-tou KAI phy-la-KÊ pan-TOS or-NE-ou a-ka-THAR-tou KAI phy-la-KÊ pan-TOS thē-RI-ou a-ka-THAR-tou KAI me-mi-sē-ME-nou

   and he cried out in mighty voice saying fell fell Babylon the great and became a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every spirit unclean and a prison of every bird unclean and a prison of every beast unclean and hated

Exegesis

kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ begins this vision report, linking it to the preceding narrative.

A coordinating kai {καὶ | kaí} then links to a result clause marked by egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} ‘became’, indicating a radical change of state.

What follows is a tricolon of phylakē {φυλακὴ | phu-la-kē} ‘prison, haunt’ each governing pantos pneumatos akathartou {παντὸς πνεύματος ἀκαθάρτου | pan-tòs pneú-ma-tos a-ka-thár-tou} ‘of every unclean spirit’, pantos orneou akathartou {παντὸς ὀρνέου ἀκαθάρτου | pan-tòs or-né-ou a-ka-thár-tou} ‘of every unclean bird’, and pantos thēriou akathartou kai memisēmenou {παντὸς θηρίου ἀκαθάρτου καὶ μεμισημένου | pan-tòs thē-ri-ou a-ka-thár-tou kai me-mi-sē-me-nou} ‘of every unclean and hated beast’. This anaphora underscores the comprehensive defilement and horror of the fallen city.