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Summary
- Kai is not in the Bible. It is several unrelated names that sound alike: Hawaiian for sea, Japanese (ocean, shell or forgiveness depending on the character), a northern European short form, and the Welsh Cai.
- The sea is a major biblical preoccupation and is not treated romantically. It is the deep of Genesis 1:2 and the overwhelming water of Psalm 42:7.
- In Mark 4:39 Jesus rebukes the wind and waves — the verb used of confronting a hostile power — and the disciples’ question afterwards is the reaction of people who knew what the sea was.
- Revelation 21:1 ends with “there was no longer any sea,” written by a man exiled on an island and separated from his churches by water.
- The sea is still good: Psalm 95:5 says it is his because he made it, and Psalm 104:26 has Leviathan playing in it.
Bibliography (Click to show)
Sources: Behind the Name entries for Kai (Hawaiian, Japanese, Frisian/Scandinavian and Welsh origins); Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Genesis 1:2; Psalm 42:7; 95:5; 104:26; Mark 4:39; Revelation 21:1).
