2 Peter 2:21:12 Pet.2.21.W1TAB
κρεῖττον
kreitton
“better”
- Transliteration
- KREI-tton
- Extended
- KREI-ttohn
- IPA
- /ˈkrei.tːon/
Meaning by language
- English
- better
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
KREI-tton
- sentence
KREI-tton gar EEN au-TOIS MÊ e-pe-gno-KE-nai tên ho-DON tês di-kai-o-SY-nês ê e-pi-GNOU-sin hy-po-STRE-psai ek tês pa-ra-do-THEI-sês au-TOIS ha-GI-as en-to-LÊS
Exegesis
The verse begins with the fronted comparative adjective kreitton {κρεῖττον | kreî-tton} ‘better’, linked by the explanatory conjunction gar {γὰρ | gár}.
In context — 2 Peter 2:21
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
About this coordinate
2 Peter 2:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Peter 2:21, so the Greek word κρεῖττον (kreitton) 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.2.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.21.W1.S1) and character.