2 Peter 2:8:42 Pet.2.8.W4TAB
ἀκοῇ
akoê
“by hearing”
- Transliteration
- a-ko-Ê
- Extended
- ah-koh-Ê
- IPA
- /a.koˈɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by hearing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-ko-Ê
- sentence
BLEM-ma-ti gar KAI a-ko-Ê ho DI-kai-os en-ga-toi-KÔN en au-TOIS hê-ME-ran eks hê-ME-ras psy-KHÊN di-KAI-an a-NO-mois ER-gois e-ba-SA-ni-dzen
Exegesis
The verse begins with the instrumental datives blemati {βλέμματι | blém-ma-ti} ‘by sight’ and akoe {ἀκοῇ | a-ko-ḗ} ‘by hearing,’ indicating the means that provoked his distress.
In context — 2 Peter 2:8
For by sight and by hearing, that righteous man, living among them, was tormenting his righteous soul day after day with their lawless deeds.
About this coordinate
2 Peter 2:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Peter 2:8, so the Greek word ἀκοῇ (akoê) 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.2.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.2.8.W4.S1) and character.