2 Peter 3:6:12 Pet.3.6.W1TAB

διʼ

di

through which

Transliteration
di
Extended
dih
IPA
/di/

Meaning by language

English
through which

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Iotai — as in machine

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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
ʼ

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    di

  2. sentence

    di HON ho TO-te KOS-mos HY-da-ti ka-ta-kly-STHEIS a-PO-le-to

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prepositional relative phrase dia hon {διʼ ὧν | di’ hôn} ‘through which’, which syntactically reaches back to the prior verse, where the divine word and water are the instruments of both creation and destruction.

Root and etymology

nousnu–omicron–upsilon–sigma

faculty of understanding

In context2 Peter 3:6

Through which the world at that time, having been flooded with water, perished.

About this coordinate

2 Peter 3:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Peter 3:6, so the Greek word διʼ (di) 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.3.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.3.6.W1.S1) and character.