2 Peter 2:22:162 Pet.2.22.W16TAB
εἰς
eis
“into”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- ays
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- into
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (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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eis
- sentence
sym-VE-vê-ken au-TOIS to tês a-lê-THOUS pa-roi-MI-as KY-ōn e-pi-STREP-psas e-PI to I-di-on ek-SE-ra-ma KAI HYS lou-sa-ME-nê eis ky-lis-MON bor-BO-rou
Exegesis
The second clause, hys lousamenē eis kylismon borborou {Ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου | hýs lou-sa-mé-nē eis ku-lis-món bor-bó-rou}, mirrors this structure: “sow” + “having washed” + “into wallowing of mire.” The ellipsis of the finite verb “returns” in the second clause creates a tight parallelism typical of proverbs. English translation retains the resultative nuance of the perfect with “has happened” and uses participial or finite renderings for the Greek participles to preserve vivid imagery of repeated behavior.
In context — 2 Peter 2:22
What has happened to them matches the true proverb : “A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing, goes back to wallow in the mire.”
About this coordinate
2 Peter 2:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Peter 2:22, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.2.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.22.W16.S1) and character.