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ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι. (Colossians 1:8)
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ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι. (Colossians 1:8)
It is, for the lack of a better term, "adverbial". In lexicons, this is one of the usages that gets glossed 'also' rather than 'and.'Jacob Rhoden wrote: ↑September 1st, 2019, 6:32 am This is the first time I have come across και occurring in this position.
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ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι. (Colossians 1:8)
Thanks Mike, that is how it naturally read to me, but I just needed some confirmation that I wasn't getting it wrong here. Much appreciated.
https://www.academia.edu/35857671/Ancie ... l_uses.pdfΚαί is a polyfunctional word in Ancient Greek that can function both as a copulative
conjunction and as an additive adverb. On the one hand,it is one of the most important
copulative conjunctions in Ancient Greek (see, for instance, Bonifazi 2016, IV.2.4). On
the other hand, the usage of καί as an adverb is similar to that of the English additive
focus particles ‘also’ and ‘even’ (Jiménez 2014).
It also notes:① marker of connections, and ...
② marker to indicate an additive relation that is not coordinate to connect clauses and sentences, also, likewise, funct. as an adv.
This adjectival placement must be part of the word's "vivacious versatility!"since it is not only used much more commonly here than in other Gk. lit. but oft. in a different sense, or rather in different circumstances, it contributes greatly to some of the distinctive coloring of the NT style. ... The vivacious versatility of κ. ... can easily be depressed by the tr. ‘and’, whose repetition in a brief area of text lacks the support of arresting aspects of Gk. syntax.