In greek syntax does the "kai" have to be present between each noun in a list or can it be as in english?
Fruit, bread, and meat
or
fruit (kai) bread (kai) meat
Kai in lists
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Most of what I've seen is either with KAI's or without, usually not a combo of the two (as your example had)
Bullinger (whose Figures of Speech is a boon) pg. 137 calls these asundeton ("no-ands") and polysyndeton ("many-ands")
Of course, I speak primarily from a Biblical Greek perspective....there's a whole lot of Koine out there I haven't read.
Hope this helps.
Bullinger (whose Figures of Speech is a boon) pg. 137 calls these asundeton ("no-ands") and polysyndeton ("many-ands")
Of course, I speak primarily from a Biblical Greek perspective....there's a whole lot of Koine out there I haven't read.
Hope this helps.