1 Peter 3:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”
1 Peter 3:20 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Peter 3:2023 words
ἀπειθήσασίνapeithēsasinnot believe, disobedient, obey not
ποτεpoteafore-(any, some-)time(-s), at length (the…
ὅτεhoteafter (that), as
soon as, that
ἀπεξεδέχετοapexedechetolook (wait) for
ἡhēthe
τοῦtouthe
θεοῦtheouGod
μακροθυμίαmakrothymialongsuffering, patience
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἡμέραιςhēmeraisage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
ΝῶεNōeNoe
κατασκευαζομένηςkataskeuazomenēsbuild, make, ordain
κιβωτοῦkibōtouark
εἰςeisinto / to
ἣνhēnwho / which
ὀλίγοιoligoi+ almost, brief(-ly), few
τοῦτ’tout’he (it was that), hereof, it
ἔστινestinam, have been, is I
ὀκτὼoktōeight
ψυχαίpsychaisoul / life
διεσώθησανdiesōthēsanbring safe, escape (safe), heal
δι’di’through / because of
ὕδατοςhydatoswater
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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