2 Peter 2:19:52 Pet.2.19.W5TAB
δοῦλοι
douloi
“slaves”
- Transliteration
- DOU-loi
- Extended
- DOO-loi
- IPA
- /ˈduː.loi/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaves
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
DOU-loi
- sentence
e-leu-the-RI-an au-TOIS e-pan-gel-LO-me-noi au-TOI DOU-loi hy-PAR-khon-tes tês phtho-RAS hôi gar tis HÊT-tê-tai TOU-tôi kai de-DOU-lô-tai
Exegesis
The intensive pronoun autoi {αὐτοὶ | AU-toi} highlights the true subject, followed by douloi hyparchontes {δοῦλοι ὑπάρχοντες | DOU-loi hy-PAR-khon-tes}, a nominative participle phrase that portrays their ongoing condition.
In context — 2 Peter 2:19
Promising freedom to them, they themselves are slaves of corruption , for whatever overcomes a person, by this also he is enslaved.
About this coordinate
2 Peter 2:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Peter 2:19, so the Greek word δοῦλοι (douloi) 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.2.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.19.W5.S1) and character.