καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

   pros-de-KHE-kho-me-noi tên ma-ka-RI-an el-PI-da KAI e-pi-PHA-nei-an tês DOX-xês tou me-GA-lou the-OU KAI sô-TÊ-ros hê-MON ee-ay-SOO khree-STOO

   waiting for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior our Jesus Christ

Exegesis

It takes two coordinated accusative objects linked by kai {καὶ | kaí}: first, tēn makarian elpida {τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα | tḕn ma-ka-rí-an el-pí-da} ‘the blessed hope’, and second, epiphaneian tēs doxēs {ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης | e-pi-phá-nei-an tês dóx-ēs} ‘the appearing of the glory’.

The genitive tēs doxēs is further modified by the coordinated genitives tou megalou theou kai sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou {τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ | toû me-gá-lou the-oû kaí sō-tê-ros hē-môn Iē-soû Khri-stoû}, where the single article tou connects ‘God’ and ‘Savior’, identifying Jesus Christ as both. This structure underscores a high Christology and an eschatological focus on the imminent manifestation of divine glory. In translation, the formal uses a finite clause (“Waiting for”) and the dynamic employs a temporal-aspectual clause (“As we wait for”), both preserving the continuous expectation and clear coordination of objects.

Root and etymology

dikē🔊 δίκηdelta–iota–kappa–eta

“justice, what is right”

• 🔊 δικαιοσύνηdikaiosýnērighteousnessRomans 1:17
• 🔊 δικαιόωdikaióōto justify, declare righteousRomans 3:24