They haveἔχοντεςeyesὀφθαλμοὺςfullμεστοὺςof adulteryμοιχαλίδοςandκαὶinsatiableἀκαταπαύστουςfor sin;ἁμαρτίαςthey enticeδελεάζοντεςunsteadyἀστηρίκτουςsouls;ψυχὰςthey haveἔχοντεςa heartκαρδίανtrainedγεγυμνασμένηνin greed;πλεονεξίαςthey arechildrenτέκναof a curse.κατάρας
2 Peter 2:14
Study it in the app“They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable for sin; they entice unsteady souls; they have a heart trained in greed; they are children of a curse.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Peter 2:14, word by word
- They haveἔχοντεςechontes
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appears- eyesὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmous
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmous” appears- fullμεστοὺςmestous
full
Full.
Where else “mestous” appears- of adulteryμοιχαλίδοςmoichalidos
adulteress
Adulteress: a woman unfaithful to her husband. The prophets use the same image for a people unfaithful to God.
Where else “moichalidos” appears- insatiableἀκαταπαύστουςakatapaustous
unceasing
Unceasing, restless: that cannot stop.
Where else “akatapaustous” appears- for sinἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appears- they enticeδελεάζοντεςdeleazontes
lure, entice
Lure, entice, as with bait.
Where else “deleazontes” appears- unsteadyἀστηρίκτουςastēriktous
unstable
Unstable, unsteady.
Where else “astēriktous” appears- soulsψυχὰςpsychas
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “psychas” appears- a heartκαρδίανkardian
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardian” appears- trainedγεγυμνασμένηνgegymnasmenēn
train
Exercise, train, as an athlete does.
Where else “gegymnasmenēn” appears- in greedπλεονεξίαςpleonexias
greed
Greed, the craving to have more.
Where else “pleonexias” appears- childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears- of a curseκατάραςkataras
curse
Curse, the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kataras” appears
The context
13suffering wrong as the wage of their unrighteousness. They consider luxury in broad daylight a pleasure; they are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.
14 · This verse (above)
15Forsaking the straight way, they have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,