ΚἈΦ', κἀφ'
KAPH', kaph'
Sounds Like: kahf
Translations: and upon, and on, and to, and for, and against, and over
From the root: ΚΑΙ, ΕΠΙ
Part of Speech: Conjunction, Preposition
Explanation: This word is a crasis (a contraction of two words into one) of the conjunction "καί" (kai, meaning "and") and the preposition "ἐπί" (epi, meaning "on, upon, over, at, to, against, for"). The 'π' of "ἐπί" changes to 'φ' when it elides before a word beginning with a rough breathing. It is used to connect two clauses or phrases, indicating a relationship of addition and location, direction, or purpose. For example, it can mean "and upon" something, "and to" a place, or "and for" a reason.
Inflection: Does not inflect (it is a crasis of an uninflected conjunction and a preposition)
Strong’s numbers: G2532 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΙ, ΕΠΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚἈΠΙ — and, also, even, upon, on, over, to, against, at, in, by
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