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Forγὰρwe knowΟἴδαμενthatὅτιifἐὰνourἡμῶνearthlyἡ ἐπίγειοςhouseοἰκίαof the tentτοῦ σκήνουςis torn down,καταλυθῇwe haveἔχομενa buildingοἰκοδομὴνfromἐκGod,θεοῦa houseοἰκίανnot made with hands,ἀχειροποίητονeternal,αἰώνιονinἐνthe heavens.τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
2 Corinthians 5:1
Study it in the app“For we know that if our earthly house of the tent is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 5:1, word by word
- we knowΟἴδαμενOidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “Oidamen” appears- earthlyἐπίγειοςepigeios
earthly
Earthly, of the earth.
Where else “epigeios” appears- houseοἰκίαoikia
house
The building where a family lives.
Where else “oikia” appears- of the tentσκήνουςskēnous
tent
Tent; used as an image of the present body, which does not last.
Where else “skēnous” appears- is torn downκαταλυθῇkatalythēi
tear down
To bring down a building.
Where else “katalythēi” appears- we haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- a buildingοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēn
building
A structure raised with stones or wood, like a house or the temple.
Where else “oikodomēn” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- not made with handsἀχειροποίητονacheiropoiēton
not made by hands
Not made by human hands.
Where else “acheiropoiēton” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- the heavensοὐρανοῖςouranois
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranois” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2For indeed in this tent we groan, longing to put on our dwelling that is from heaven,