1 Peter 3:21:151 Pet.3.21.W15TAB
ἐπερώτημα
eperôtêma
“appeal”
- Transliteration
- e-pe-RÔ-tê-ma
- Extended
- eh-peh-ROH-tay-mah
- IPA
- /e.peˈrɔː.tɛː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- appeal
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
e-pe-RÔ-tê-ma
- 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’.
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 3:21:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Peter 3:21, so the Greek word ἐπερώτημα (eperôtêma) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Pet.3.21.W15.S1) and character.