Study it in the app“And angels who did not keep their own dignity but abandoned their own dwelling he has kept in eternal chains under gloom for the judgment of the great day.”
Andτεangelsἀγγέλουςwhoτοὺςdid notμὴkeepτηρήσανταςtheir ownτὴν ἑαυτῶνdignityἀρχὴνbutἀλλὰabandonedἀπολιπόνταςtheir ownτὸ ἴδιονdwellingοἰκητήριονhe has keptτετήρηκενin eternalἀϊδίοιςchainsδεσμοῖςunderὑπὸgloomζόφονforεἰςthe judgmentκρίσινof the greatμεγάληςday.ἡμέρας
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelous” appearsguard
To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.
Where else “tērēsantas” appearsruler
Authorities, human or spiritual forces.
Where else “archēn” appearsdesert
Desert one's own place, go off from it.
Where else “apolipontas” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idion” appearsdwelling
Dwelling, the place where someone lives: in 2 Corinthians 5:2, the new body God gives; in Jude 1:6, the angels' own place.
Where else “oikētērion” appearseternal
Everlasting, eternal: lasting always.
Where else “aidiois” appearsbond, chain
Bond, chain; prison.
Where else “desmois” appearsdeep darkness, gloom
Deep darkness, gloom; the darkness of the lowest places.
Where else “zophon” appearsjudgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “krisin” appearsgreater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “megalēs” appearsjudgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmeras” appears“Their dignity”: their rank or domain. It can be understood to recall Genesis 6:1-4 (compare 2 Peter 2:4 and the quotation in v. 14).
5But I want to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
6 · This verse (above)
7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, which in the same way as these indulged in sexual immorality and went after other flesh, are set forth as an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
