2 Peter 1:2:122 Pet.1.2.W12TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- TOU
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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TOU
- sentence
KHA-ris hy-MEEN KAI ei-REH-nê plê-thyn-THEI-ê en e-pi-GNO-sei TOU the-OU KAI ee-ay-SOO TOU ky-REE-ou hê-MON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en epignōsei {ἐν ἐπίγνωσει | en e-pí-gnō-sei} establishes the sphere ‘in the knowledge’, and the compound genitive tou theou kai Iēsou tou kyriou hemon {τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν | toû the-oû kaí Iē-soû toû ku-rí-ou hē-mōn} specifies its objects. The repeated article toû before theou and before Iēsou marks two distinct divine persons, while kai connects them, highlighting their unity. The genitive hemon links kyriou to the believers collectively, identifying Jesus as ‘our Lord’. In the formal rendering, the optative is expressed as ‘be increased in the knowledge’, preserving the Greek preposition en; in the dynamic rendering, it is rendered as ‘as you deepen in the knowledge’ to convey the experiential nuance of relational knowing.
In context — 2 Peter 1:2
Grace and peace be increased for you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord .
About this coordinate
2 Peter 1:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Peter 1:2, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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 2 Pet.1.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.1.2.W12.S1) and character.