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
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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di
- 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 context — 2 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.