1 Peter 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”
1 Peter 2:4 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Peter 2:414 words
ΠρὸςProsto / toward
ὃνhonwho / which
προσερχόμενοιproserchomenoi(as soon as he) come (unto), come thereunt…
λίθονlithon(mill-, stumbling-)stone
ζῶνταzōntalife(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick
ὑπὸhypounder / by
ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnman / human being
μὲνmeneven, indeed, so
ἀποδεδοκιμασμένονapodedokimasmenondisallow, reject
παρὰparaabove, against, among
δὲdeand / but
θεῷtheōGod
ἐκλεκτὸνeklektonchosen, elect
ἔντιμονentimondear, more honourable, precious
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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