2 Peter 3:6:72 Pet.3.6.W7TAB
κατακλυσθεὶς
kataklystheis
“having been flooded”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-kly-STHEIS
- Extended
- kah-tah-klyoo-STHAYS
- IPA
- /ka.ta.klyˈstʰeis/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been flooded
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-ta-kly-STHEIS
- sentence
di HON ho TO-te KOS-mos HY-da-ti ka-ta-kly-STHEIS a-PO-le-to
Exegesis
The aorist passive participle kataklystheis {κατακλυσθεὶς | ka-ta-klys-theìs} ‘having been flooded’ agrees in case, number, and gender with kosmos and provides a circumstantial description that is temporally prior to the main verb.
Root and etymology
kataklyzokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–kappa–lambda–upsilon–zeta–omega
“to flood completely, inundate”
In context — 2 Peter 3:6
Through which the world at that time, having been flooded with water, perished.
About this coordinate
2 Peter 3:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Peter 3:6, so the Greek word κατακλυσθεὶς (kataklystheis) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.3.6.W7.S1) and character.