2 Peter 1:7:22 Pet.1.7.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“and”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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en de têi eu-se-bei-AI tên phi-la-del-PHI-an en de têi phi-la-del-PHI-ai tên a-GA-pên
Exegesis
The verse consists of two parallel prepositional constructions: en de te eusebeia ten philadelphian {ἐν δὲ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ τὴν φιλαδελφίαν | en dè tēi eusebeíāi tḕn philadelphían} followed by en de te philadelphia ten agapen {ἐν δὲ τῇ φιλαδελφίᾳ τὴν ἀγάπην | en dè tēi philadelphíāi tḕn agápēn}.
The postpositive de {δὲ | dè} links each phrase back to the previous step in the virtue chain, maintaining continuity with the earlier imperative “supply” in verse 5, which is syntactically carried over (ellipsis) and governs these accusative objects philadelphian {φιλαδελφίαν | philadelphían} and agapen {ἀγάπην | agápēn}. The repeated article–noun structures with both dative (tē eusebeia, tē philadelphia) and accusative (tēn philadelphian, tēn agapēn) highlight specificity: not vague qualities, but definite, recognizable virtues within the community. The tight parallelism and repetition of en de tē… tēn… creates a rhetorical stair-step effect, emphasizing progression from godliness to brotherly affection to love as the climactic virtue. In translation, this ellipsis is made explicit in the dynamic rendering with “Add to,” while the formal reconstruction preserves the prepositional structure and parallelism more closely to the Greek.
Root and etymology
philos + adelphosphi–iota–lambda–omicron–sigma; alpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi–omicron–sigma
“love for a brother”
In context — 2 Peter 1:7
And in your godliness , brotherly affection; and in your brotherly affection , love.
About this coordinate
2 Peter 1:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Peter 1:7, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.1.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.1.7.W2.S1) and character.