2 Peter 2:21:42 Pet.2.21.W4TAB
αὐτοῖς
autois
“for them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOIS
- Extended
- au-TOIS
- IPA
- /auˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- for them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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au-TOIS
- 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 clause en autois me epegnokenai {ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι | ên au-toîs mḕ e-pe-gno-ké-nai} is an impersonal subject infinitive construction presenting “not to have known” as preferable.
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.
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 2:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Peter 2:21, so the Greek word αὐτοῖς (autois) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.21.W4.S1) and character.