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ForγὰρifΕἰGodὁ θεὸςdid notοὐκspareἐφείσατοangelsἀγγέλωνwho sinned,ἁμαρτησάντωνbutἀλλὰcast them into Tartarusταρταρώσαςandhanded them overπαρέδωκενto chainsσειραῖςof gloom,ζόφουbeing keptτηρουμένουςforεἰςjudgment;κρίσιν
2 Peter 2:4
Study it in the app“For if God did not spare angels who sinned, but cast them into Tartarus and handed them over to chains of gloom, being kept for judgment;”
With the Greek beneath
2 Peter 2:4, word by word
- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- spareἐφείσατοepheisato
spare
Not to punish someone, or not hold something back.
Where else “epheisato” appears- angelsἀγγέλωνangelōn
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelōn” appears- who sinnedἁμαρτησάντωνhamartēsantōn
sin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hamartēsantōn” appears- cast them into Tartarusταρταρώσαςtartarōsas
cast into Tartarus
Cast into Tartarus, the deepest place of punishment.
Where else “tartarōsas” appears- handed them overπαρέδωκενparedōken
betray
To give someone up to enemies, betray them.
Where else “paredōken” appears- to chainsσειραῖςseirais
chain, cord
Chain; cord.
Where else “seirais” appears- of gloomζόφουzophou
deep darkness, gloom
Deep darkness, gloom; the darkness of the lowest places.
Where else “zophou” appears- being keptτηρουμένουςtēroumenous
guard
To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.
Where else “tēroumenous” appears- judgmentκρίσινkrisin
judgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “krisin” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
“Tartarus”: in Greek, the deepest place of punishment. Some manuscripts read “to pits of darkness.”
The context
3And in greed with made-up words they will make merchandise of you. For them the judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
4 · This verse (above)
5and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;