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Butδὲthe presentνῦνheavensοἱ οὐρανοὶandκαὶearthἡ γῆby the sameτῷ αὐτῷwordλόγῳhave been stored upτεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶνfor fire,πυρὶbeing keptτηρούμενοιforεἰςthe dayἡμέρανof judgmentκρίσεωςandκαὶdestructionἀπωλείαςof ungodlyτῶν ἀσεβῶνpeople.ἀνθρώπων
2 Peter 3:7
Study it in the app“But the present heavens and earth by the same word have been stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Peter 3:7, word by word
- heavensοὐρανοὶouranoi
sky
The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.
Where else “ouranoi” appears- earthγῆgē
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gē” appears- wordλόγῳlogōi
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logōi” appears- have been stored upτεθησαυρισμένοιtethēsaurismenoi
store up
Store up, lay up treasure, keep.
Where else “tethēsaurismenoi” appears- have been stored upεἰσὶνeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears- for fireπυρὶpyri
fire
Fire.
Where else “pyri” appears- being keptτηρούμενοιtēroumenoi
guard
To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.
Where else “tēroumenoi” appears- the dayἡμέρανhēmeran
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmeran” appears- of judgmentκρίσεωςkriseōs
judgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “kriseōs” appears- destructionἀπωλείαςapōleias
destruction
Final ruin, the opposite of being saved.
Where else “apōleias” appears- of ungodlyἀσεβῶνasebōn
ungodly
Ungodly: someone who has no reverence for God.
Where else “asebōn” appears- peopleἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears
The context
6through which the world of that time, flooded with water, perished.
7 · This verse (above)
8But do not let this one thing escape you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.