2 Peter 3:5:72 Pet.3.5.W7TAB
οὐρανοὶ
ouranoi
“heavens”
- Transliteration
- ou-ra-NOI
- Extended
- oo-rah-NOI
- IPA
- /ou.raˈnoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- heavens
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ou-ra-NOI
- sentence
lan-THA-nei gar au-TOUS TOU-to THE-lon-tas HO-ti ou-ra-NOI Ê-san EK-pa-lai kai gê eks HY-da-tos kai di HY-da-tos sy-nes-TÔ-sa tôi tou the-OU LO-gô
Exegesis
Within that clause, ouranoi {οὐρανοὶ | ou-ra-noí} serves as the subject of esan {ἦσαν | ê-san} ‘were,’ and ekpalai {ἔκπαλαι | ék-pa-lai} adds the temporal nuance “from long ago,” stressing the antiquity of creation.
In context — 2 Peter 3:5
For this willingly escapes their notice, that the heavens existed long ago and the earth, having been formed out of water and through water, was established by the word of God .
About this coordinate
2 Peter 3:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Peter 3:5, so the Greek word οὐρανοὶ (ouranoi) 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.3.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.3.5.W7.S1) and character.