1 Peter 3:21:101 Pet.3.21.W10TAB
ἀπόθεσις
apothesis
“removal”
- Transliteration
- a-PO-the-sis
- Extended
- ah-POH-theh-sihs
- IPA
- /aˈpo.tʰe.sis/
Meaning by language
- English
- removal
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-PO-the-sis
- sentence
ho KAI hy-MAS an-TI-ty-pon NYN SÔI-dzei BAP-tis-ma ou sar-KOS a-PO-the-sis RHY-pou al-LA sy-nei-DÊ-se-ôs a-ga-THÊS e-pe-RÔ-tê-ma eis the-ON di a-na-STÁ-se-ôs ee-ay-SOO khree-STOO
Exegesis
The contrast introduced by ou…alla distinguishes external cleansing—sarkos apothesis rhypou {σαρκὸς ἀπόθεσις ῥύπου | sarkós apó-the-sis rhý-pou} ‘a removal of filth from the flesh’—from the inward syneidēseōs agathēs eperōtēma {συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα | sy-nei-dḗ-se-ōs aga-thḗs e-pe-rṓ-tē-ma} ‘appeal of a good conscience’.
Root and etymology
apotithēmialpha–pi–omicron–tau–iota–theta–eta–mu–iota
“to put off, lay aside”
In context — 1 Peter 3:21
Baptism —which corresponds to that—now saves you, not as the removal of filth from the flesh, but as the appeal of a good conscience toward God , through the resurrection of Jesus Christ .
About this coordinate
1 Peter 3:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Peter 3:21, so the Greek word ἀπόθεσις (apothesis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Pet.3.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Pet.3.21.W10.S1) and character.