2 Peter 2:21:132 Pet.2.21.W13TAB
ὑποστρέψαι
hypostrepsai
“to turn back”
- Transliteration
- hy-po-STRE-psai
- Extended
- hyoo-poh-STREHP-sai
- IPA
- /hy.poˈstre.psai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to turn back
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hy-po-STRE-psai
- 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 comparison continues with the aorist participle epignousin {ἐπιγνοῦσιν | e-pig-noû-sin} “after knowing,” governing the infinitive hypostrepsai {ὑποστρέψαι | hy-po-stré-psai} “to turn back.”
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 2:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Peter 2:21, so the Greek word ὑποστρέψαι (hypostrepsai) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.21.W13.S1) and character.