καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   also
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ὁ διάβολος ὁ πλανῶν αὐτοὺς ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ θείου ὅπου καὶ τὸ θηρίον καὶ ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης καὶ βασανισθήσονται ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων

   KAI ho di-A-bo-los ho pla-NÔN au-TOUS e-BLÊ-thê eis tên LIM-nên tou py-ROS KAI THEI-ou HO-pou KAI to thê-RI-on KAI ho pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tês KAI ba-sa-ni-sthê-SO(n)-tai hê-ME-ras KAI nyk-TOS eis tous ai-Ô-nas tôn ai-Ô-nōn

   and the devil the deceiving them was thrown into the lake of the fire and sulfur where also the beast and the false prophet and and they will be tormented day and night into the ages of the ages

Exegesis

The verse begins with the coordinated subject phrase kai ho diabolos {καὶ ὁ διάβολος | kaí ho diá-bo-los}, linking this sentence to the preceding narrative and identifying “the devil” as the topic.

The prepositional phrase eis ten limnen tou puros kai theiou {εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ θείου | eis tḕn lím-nēn toû pyròs kaì theí-ou} specifies the destination, using a genitive construction to describe the lake as characterized by “fire and sulfur,” an established image of eschatological judgment.

The relative adverb hopou {ὅπου | hó-pou}, followed by kai to therion kai ho pseudoprophetes {καὶ τὸ θηρίον καὶ ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης | kaí tò thē-rí-on kaí ho pseu-do-pro-phḗ-tēs}, introduces a locative relative clause, “where also the beast and the false prophet (are),” with the verb “are” understood. This clause ties the devil’s fate to that of the two figures previously cast into the lake, forming a triad of condemned enemies.

The temporal phrase hemeras kai nyktos {ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς | hē-mé-ras kaì nyk-tòs}, functioning adverbially as “day and night,” underscores unceasing experience.