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2 Peter 3:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?”

2 Peter 3:12 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Peter 3:1218 words
προσδοκῶνταςprosdokōntas(be in) expect(-ation), look (for), when l…
καὶkaiand / also
σπεύδονταςspeudontas(make, with) haste unto
τὴνtēnthe
παρουσίανparousiancoming, presence
τῆςtēsthe
τοῦtouthe
θεοῦtheouGod
ἡμέραςhēmerasage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
δι’di’through / because of
ἣνhēnwho / which
οὐρανοὶouranoiair, heaven(-ly), sky
πυρούμενοιpyroumenoi
λυθήσονταιlythēsontaibreak (up), destroy, dissolve
καὶkaiand / also
στοιχεῖαstoicheiaelement, principle, rudiment
καυσούμεναkausoumena
τήκεταιtēketai
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

προσδοκῶνταςprosdokōntas(be in) expect(-ation), look (for), when l…
καὶkaiand / also
σπεύδονταςspeudontas(make, with) haste unto
τὴνtēnthe
παρουσίανparousiancoming, presence
τῆςtēsthe
τοῦtouthe
θεοῦtheouGod
ἡμέραςhēmerasage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
δι’di’through / because of
ἣνhēnwho / which
οὐρανοὶouranoiair, heaven(-ly), sky
πυρούμενοιpyroumenoi
λυθήσονταιlythēsontaibreak (up), destroy, dissolve
καὶkaiand / also
στοιχεῖαstoicheiaelement, principle, rudiment
καυσούμεναkausoumena
τήκεταιtēketai

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