2 Peter 2:5

“and 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;”
2 Peter 2:5 · direct translation from the Greek

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andκαὶdid notοὐκspareἐφείσατοthe ancientἀρχαίουworld,κόσμουbutἀλλὰpreservedἐφύλαξενNoah,Νῶεa heraldκήρυκαof righteousness,δικαιοσύνηςwith seven others,ὄγδοονwhen he broughtἐπάξαςa floodκατακλυσμὸνon the worldκόσμῳof the ungodly;ἀσεβῶν

Allusion · Genesis 7:17-23

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Both texts speak of Noah and the flood; Genesis 7:23 says that only Noah and those who were with him in the ark were left.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

ΝῶεNōeG3575נֹחַnoajH5146“Noah”
κατακλυσμὸνkataklysmonG2627מַּבּוּלmabulH3999“flood”

2 Peter 2:5, word by word

spareἐφείσατοepheisato

spare

Not to punish someone, or not hold something back.

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the ancientἀρχαίουarchaiou

ancient, old

Ancient, old, from the beginning; "the ancients", the earlier generations.

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worldκόσμουkosmou

world of people

People everywhere, whom God loves.

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preservedἐφύλαξενephylaxen

protect

To shield from evil, or beware of something.

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NoahΝῶεNōe

Noah

Noah, the righteous man whom God saved with his family in the ark from the flood.

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a heraldκήρυκαkēryka

herald, preacher

Herald: someone who proclaims a message publicly.

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of righteousnessδικαιοσύνηςdikaiosynēs

righteousness

Doing what is just, living as God wants.

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with seven othersὄγδοονogdoon

eighth

Eighth.

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when he broughtἐπάξαςepaxas

bring upon

Bring upon someone, make something fall on them.

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a floodκατακλυσμὸνkataklysmon

flood

Flood, deluge; the flood in the days of Noah.

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of the ungodlyἀσεβῶνasebōn

ungodly

Ungodly: someone who has no reverence for God.

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Translation note

“With seven others”: literally “as the eighth.” Recalls Genesis 6-8.

The context

4For 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;

5 · This verse (above)

6and condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes, having made them an example for the ungodly of what is coming;

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