2 Peter 2:12:42 Pet.2.12.W4TAB
ἄλογα
aloga
“without reason”
- Transliteration
- A-lo-ga
- Extended
- AH-loh-gah
- IPA
- /ˈa.lo.ga/
Meaning by language
- English
- without reason
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
A-lo-ga
- sentence
HOU-toi DE hôs A-lo-ga DZÔ-a ge-gen-nê-ME-na phy-si-KA eis HA-lō-sin KAI phtho-RAN en HOIS ag-no-OU-sin blas-phê-MOUN-tes en têi phtho-RAI au-TÔN KAI phtha-RÊ-son-tai
Exegesis
The comparative particle hōs {ὡς | hōs} introduces a simile with aloga zōa {ἄλογα ζῷα | á-lo-ga zô-a} ‘irrational animals,’ and the participle gegenemena {γεγεννημένα | ge-gen-nē-MÉ-na} modified by physika {φυσικὰ | phy-si-KÁ} portrays their instinctual origin.
In context — 2 Peter 2:12
But these, like irrational creatures , born by nature for ensnarement and ruin, uttering slanders against what they do not grasp, will be destroyed in their own corruption.
About this coordinate
2 Peter 2:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Peter 2:12, so the Greek word ἄλογα (aloga) 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.2.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.12.W4.S1) and character.