2 Peter 2:17:82 Pet.2.17.W8TAB
λαίλαπος
lailapos
“a storm”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la-pos
- Extended
- lai-LAH-pohs
- IPA
- /ˈlai.la.pos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a storm
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
LAI-la-pos
- sentence
hou-TOI EI-sin pê-GAI A-ny-droi KAI ho-MIKH-lai hy-PO LAI-la-pos e-lau-NO-me-nai HOIS ho ZO-phos tou SKO-tous te-TÊ-rê-tai
Exegesis
The participial phrase hypo lailapos elaunomenai {ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι | hupò laí-la-pos e-laú-no-me-nai} modifies homikhlai, with hypo plus the genitive lailapos indicating the storm as the driving force and elaunomenai conveying continuous, uncontrollable movement.
In context — 2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm; for them the gloom of darkness has been reserved.
About this coordinate
2 Peter 2:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Peter 2:17, so the Greek word λαίλαπος (lailapos) 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.2.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.17.W8.S1) and character.