Revelation 18:7:4Rev.18.7.W4TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
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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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HO-sa e-DO-ksa-sen hau-TEEN KAI e-strê-nee-A-sen to-SOU-ton DO-te au-TÊ ba-sa-ni- SMON KAI PEN-thos HO-ti en tÊ kar-DI-a au-TÊS LE-gei HO-ti KA-thê-mai ba-SI-lis-sa KAI KHÊ-ra ouk ei-MI KAI PEN-thos ou MÊ I-dô
Exegesis
The direct object phrase basanismón kai pénthos {βασανισμὸν καὶ πένθος | basanismón kai pénthos} ‘torment and mourning’ mirrors her prior excess, reinforcing reciprocal judgment.
Direct speech follows, marked by hóti {ὅτι | hóti} as a quotation marker: “Káthēmai basilíssa kai khéra ouk eimí” {Κάθημαι βασίλισσα καὶ χήρα οὐκ εἰμί | káthēmai basilíssa kai khéra ouk eimí} ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow’, where káthēmai denotes settled enthronement and the juxtaposition of basilíssa ‘queen’ and khéra ‘widow’ highlights perceived invulnerability.
The phrase kai pénthos ou mē ídō {καὶ πένθος οὐ μὴ ἴδω | kaí pénthos ou mē ídō} uses ou mē plus the aorist subjunctive ídō {ἴδω | ídō} to signal emphatic future negation, “I will never see mourning.” This syntactic progression—from measurement to command to cause to self-proclamation—constructs a tightly reasoned sequence in which inner hubris justifies proportional punishment.
In context — Revelation 18:7
To the extent that she glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her that same measure of torment and mourning, because in her heart she says, “I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning.”
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Revelation 18:7, 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.18.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.7.W4.S1) and character.