Revelation 22:5:12Rev.22.5.W12TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /kai/
Meaning by language
- English
- and
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 NYKS ouk ES-tai E-ti KAI ouk E-khou-sin KʰREI-an phô-TOS LYKH-nou KAI PHÔS hê-LI-ou HO-ti KY-ree-os ho the-OS phô-TI-sei ep au-TOUS KAI ba-si-LEU-sou-sin eis tous ai-Ô-nas tôn ai-Ó-nōn
Exegesis
The verse forms a single flowing sentence built around repeated coordination with kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, which strings together a series of eschatological realities.
A second coordinated clause, kai ouk echousin chreian {καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν χρείαν | kaí ouk ékhousin khreían}, adds that the inhabitants “do not have need,” shifting from cosmic conditions to human experience.
The object phrase chreian phōtos lychnou kai phōs hēliou {χρείαν φωτὸς λύχνου καὶ φῶς ἡλίου | khreían phō-tòs lýkh-nou kaí phôs hē-lí-ou} specifies all ordinary sources of illumination—lamp light and sunlight—so that the exclusion is comprehensive.
The final clause kai basileusousin eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn {καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων | kaí basileúsousin eis toùs ai-ô-nas tōn ai-ô-nōn} describes the people’s royal vocation with a future verb plus the prepositional phrase “into the ages of the ages,” an intensified idiom for unending duration. In translation, the coordination with “and” is preserved to maintain the cumulative rhythm, the causal hoti is rendered with “for” or “because,” and the idiomatic expression for eternity is expressed in English as “for the ages of the ages” (formal) and “forever and ever” (dynamic) to communicate both the literal image and its understood sense.
Root and etymology
kaikappa–alpha–iota
“appointed time, season”
In context — Revelation 22:5
And night will not be any longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign for the ages of the ages.
About this coordinate
Revelation 22:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Revelation 22:5, 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.22.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.22.5.W12.S1) and character.