2 Peter 2:21:102 Pet.2.21.W10TAB
δικαιοσύνης
dikaiosynês
“righteousness”
- Transliteration
- di-kai-o-SY-nês
- Extended
- dih-kai-oh-SY-nêhs
- IPA
- /di.kai.oˈsy.nɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- righteousness
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-kai-o-SY-nês
- 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
Root and etymology
dikedelta–iota–kappa–eta
“justice, right”
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 2:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Peter 2:21, so the Greek word δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosynês) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.21.W10.S1) and character.