2 Peter 2:22:92 Pet.2.22.W9TAB
ἐπὶ
epi
“to”
- Transliteration
- e-PI
- Extended
- eh-PIH
- IPA
- /eˈpi/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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e-PI
- 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
First, kyōn epistrepsas epi to idion exerama {Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα | ký-on e-pi-strép-sas e-pì tó í-di-on e-xé-ra-ma} places the noun “dog” before the aorist participle “having returned” and the prepositional phrase “onto its own vomit,” emphasizing the decisive return.
Root and etymology
epithymeóe-pi-thy-mé-ō
“to desire, set the heart upon”
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 2:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Peter 2:22, so the Greek word ἐπὶ (epi) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.22.W9.S1) and character.