Second letter of Peter 2:21

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle AlandTextus Receptus

Manuscript comments

TR has 18 Words, NA has 19 (+1).

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κρεῖττον
Better γὰρ
for ἦν
it was being αὐτοῖς
for them μὴ
not ἐπεγνωκέναι
to have known τὴν
the ὁδὸν
way τῆς
δικαιοσύνης
of righteousness, ἢ
than ἐπιγνοῦσιν
having known [it], ὑποστρέψαι
to have turned ἐκ
from τῆς
the παραδοθείσης
having been delivered αὐτοῖς
to them ἁγίας
holy ἐντολῆς.
commandment.

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Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G2908	κρεῖττον (kreitton)	Better	Adjective Adjective nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral Comparative Comparative	A-NSN-C
G1063	γὰρ (gar)	for	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G1510	ἦν (en)	it was being	VERB Verb imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative sing. third person singular	V-IAI-3S
G0846	αὐτοῖς (aytois)	for them	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun dative pl. ♂ dative plural masculine	P-DPM
G3361	μὴ (me)	not	Particle Particle Nominative Nominative	PRT-N
G1921	ἐπεγνωκέναι (epegnokenai)	to have known	VERB Verb perf. active inf. perfect active infinitive	V-RAN
G3588	τὴν (ten)	the	Definite article Definite article acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	T-ASF
G3598	ὁδὸν (odon)	way	Noun Noun acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	N-ASF
G3588	τῆς (tes)		Definite article Definite article gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	T-GSF
G1343	δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosynes)	of righteousness,	Noun Noun gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	N-GSF
G2228	ἢ (e)	than	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G1921	ἐπιγνοῦσιν (epignoysin)	having known [it],	VERB Verb 2nd aorist active part. second aorist active Participle dative pl. ♂ dative plural masculine	V-2AAP-DPM
G5290	ὑποστρέψαι (ypostrepsai)	to have turned	VERB Verb aorist active inf. aorist active infinitive	V-AAN
G1537	ἐκ (ek)	from	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	τῆς (tes)	the	Definite article Definite article gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	T-GSF
G3860	παραδοθείσης (paradotheises)	having been delivered	VERB Verb aorist pass. part. aorist passive Participle genitive sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	V-APP-GSF
G0846	αὐτοῖς (aytois)	to them	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun dative pl. ♂ dative plural masculine	P-DPM
G0040	ἁγίας (agias)	holy	Adjective Adjective gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	A-GSF
G1785	ἐντολῆς. (entoles.)	commandment.	Noun Noun gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	N-GSF

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