Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Peter 1:4 - Through
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Whereby | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
are given | G1433 | δωρέομαι |
[Verb] to bestow gratuitously |
unto us | G2254 | ἡμῖν |
to (or for with: by) us |
exceeding great | G3176 | μέγιστος |
[Adjective] greatest or very great |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
precious | G5093 | τίμιος |
[Adjective] from G5092; valuable that is (objectively) costly or (subjectively) honored esteemed or (figuratively) beloved |
promises | G1862 | ἐπάγγελμα |
[Noun Neuter] a self committal (by assurance of conferring some good) |
that | G2443 | ἵνα |
[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) |
by | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
these | G5130 | τούτων |
of (from or concerning) these (persons or things) |
ye might be | G1096 | γίνομαι |
[Verb] to cause to be ( |
partakers | G2844 | κοινωνός |
[Noun Masculine] a sharer that is associate |
of the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
divine | G2304 | θεῖος |
[Adjective] godlike (neuter as noun divinity) |
nature | G5449 | φύσις |
[Noun Feminine] growth (by germination or expansion) that is (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension a genus or sort; figuratively native disposition constitution or usage |
having escaped | G668 | ἀποφεύγω |
[Verb] (figuratively) to escape |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
corruption | G5356 | φθορά |
[Noun Feminine] decay that is ruin (spontaneous or inflicted literally or figuratively) |
that | G2443 | ἵνα |
[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) |
is in | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
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the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
world | G2889 | κόσμος |
[Noun Masculine] orderly arrangement that is decoration; by implication the world (in a wide or narrow sense including its inhabitants literally or figuratively [morally]) |
through | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
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lust | G1939 | ἐπιθυμία |
[Noun Feminine] a longing (especially for what is forbidden) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.