2 Peter 2:21:142 Pet.2.21.W14TAB

ἐκ

ek

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Transliteration
ek
Extended
ehk
IPA
/ek/

Meaning by language

English
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Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Kappak — as in kite

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  1. word

    ek

  2. 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 prepositional genitive phrase ek tês paradotheises autois hagias entolēs {ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς | ek tês pa-ra-do-theí-sēs au-toîs ha-gí-as en-to-lês} identifies the holy commandment as a solemn entrusted charge. English retains the Greek comparative structure “better X than Y,” preserves the temporal sequence of knowing before turning back, and maintains the metaphor of a divinely given way and command.

Root and etymology

katakrinokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–kappa–rho–iota–nu–omicron

to judge against

In context2 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 2:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Peter 2:21, so the Greek word ἐκ (ek) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.21.W14.S1) and character.