2 Peter 3:4:82 Pet.3.4.W8TAB
παρουσίας
parousias
“coming”
- Transliteration
- pa-rou-SI-as
- Extended
- pah-roo-SIH-ahs
- IPA
- /pa.ruˈsi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- coming
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-rou-SI-as
- sentence
kai LE-gon-tes POU ES-tin hê e-pan-ge-LI-a tês pa-rou-SI-as au-TOU aph hês gar hoi pa-TE-res e-koi-MÊ-thê-san PAN-ta HOU-tôs di-a-ME-nei ap ar-KHÊS KTI-se-ôs
Exegesis
The interrogative Pou estin {Ποῦ ἐστιν | Poû estin} ‘Where is’ plus the noun phrase hē epangelia tēs parousias autou {ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ | hē epangelía tēs parousías autoû} ‘the promise of His coming’ forms a direct rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
pareimipi–alpha–rho–epsilon–iota–mu–iota
“to be present, to come”
In context — 2 Peter 3:4
And they say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For from the time the fathers fell asleep, all things continue just as they have from the beginning of creation.”
About this coordinate
2 Peter 3:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Peter 3:4, so the Greek word παρουσίας (parousias) 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.3.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.3.4.W8.S1) and character.