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Forγὰρifthese thingsταῦταareὑπάρχονταyoursὑμῖνandκαὶare increasing,πλεονάζονταthey makeκαθίστησινyouneitherοὐκbarrenἀργοὺςnorοὐδὲunfruitfulἀκάρπουςinεἰςthe knowledgeτὴν ἐπίγνωσινof ourτοῦ ἡμῶνLordκυρίουJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah.Χριστοῦ
2 Peter 1:8
Study it in the app“For if these things are yours and are increasing, they make you neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Peter 1:8, word by word
- areὑπάρχονταhyparchonta
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchonta” appears- are increasingπλεονάζονταpleonazonta
increase, abound
Increase, abound, grow in number or amount; also make abound.
Where else “pleonazonta” appears- they makeκαθίστησινkathistēsin
make
To cause someone to become something.
Where else “kathistēsin” appears- barrenἀργοὺςargous
idle, useless
Idle, without work; useless, careless, good for nothing.
Where else “argous” appears- unfruitfulἀκάρπουςakarpous
unfruitful
Fruitless, barren.
Where else “akarpous” appears- the knowledgeἐπίγνωσινepignōsin
knowledge
Knowledge: full knowledge of something or of someone, recognition.
Where else “epignōsin” appears- Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears
The context
7and to godliness brotherly love, and to brotherly love love.
8 · This verse (above)
9For whoever lacks these things is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.