2 Peter 2:22:52 Pet.2.22.W5TAB
ἀληθοῦς
alêthous
“true”
- Transliteration
- a-lê-THOUS
- Extended
- ah-lêh-THOOS
- IPA
- /a.lɛːˈtʰuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- true
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-lê-THOUS
- 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 neuter article to {τὸ | tó} takes the genitive tēs alēthous paroimias {τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας | tês a-lē-thoûs pa-roi-mí-as} “of the true proverb” substantivally, yielding “what the true proverb says.” The proverb cites two parallel images.
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 2:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Peter 2:22, so the Greek word ἀληθοῦς (alêthous) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.22.W5.S1) and character.