Greek Interlinear
2 Peter 2:18 Interlinear
“great swelling For words of vanity when they speak they allure in the lusts of the flesh through much wantonness those that were clean escaped in error from them who live”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὑπέρογκα | G5246 | great swelling | bulging over, i.e., (figuratively) insolent |
| 2 | γὰρ | G1063 | For | properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
| 3 | ματαιότητος | G3153 | words of vanity | inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity |
| 4 | φθεγγόμενοι | G5350 | when they speak | to utter a clear sound, i.e., (generally) to proclaim |
| 5 | δελεάζουσιν | G1185 | they allure | to entrap, i.e., (figuratively) delude |
| 6 | ἐν | G1722 | in | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc |
| 7 | ἐπιθυμίαις | G1939 | the lusts | a longing (especially for what is forbidden) |
| 8 | σαρκὸς | G4561 | of the flesh | flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e., (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or |
| 9 | ἀσελγείαις | G766 | through much wantonness | licentiousness (sometimes including other vices) |
| 10 | τοὺς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 11 | ὄντως | G3689 | those that were clean | really |
| 12 | ἀποφύγοντας | G668 | escaped | (figuratively) to escape |
| 13 | τοὺς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 14 | ἐν | G1722 | in | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc |
| 15 | πλάνῃ | G4106 | error | objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety |
| 16 | ἀναστρεφομένους | G390 | from them who live | to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e., remain, live |
Verse Context
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