2 Peter 2:1:52 Pet.2.1.W5TAB
ἐν
en
“among”
- Transliteration
- en
- Extended
- ehn
- IPA
- /en/
Meaning by language
- English
- among
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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e-GHE-ne-on-to de kai pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tai en tôi la-ÔI hôs kai en hy-MÎN E-son-tai pseu-do-di-DAS-ka-loi HOI-ti-nes pa-rei-SA-ksou-sin hai-RE-seis a-pô-LEI-as kai ton a-go-RA-san-ta au-TOUS des-PO-tên ar-NOU-me-noi e-PA-gon-tes he-au-TOIS ta-khi-NÊN a-PÔ-lei-an
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ἐν τῷ λαῷ {ἐν | en, τῷ | tô, λαῷ | laō} ‘among the people’ parallels ἐν ὑμῖν {ἐν | en, ὑμῖν | hymîn} ‘among you,’ linked by ὡς {ὡς | hōs} ‘just as’ to form an analogy.
Root and etymology
katakrinokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–kappa–rho–iota–nu–omicron
“to judge against”
In context — 2 Peter 2:1
Yet false prophets also arose among the people, and in like fashion false teachers will be among you, who will smuggle in destructive heresies and, by denying the Master who bought them, bring upon themselves swift destruction .
About this coordinate
2 Peter 2:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Peter 2:1, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.2.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.1.W5.S1) and character.