Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Peter 1:20 - Before
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Who verily | G3303 | μέν |
properly indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one the former etc. |
was foreordained | G4267 | προγινώσκω |
[Verb] to know beforehand that is foresee |
before | G4253 | πρό |
[Preposition]
|
the foundation | G2602 | καταβολή |
[Noun Feminine] a deposition that is founding; figuratively conception |
of the 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]) |
but | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
was manifest | G5319 | φανερόω |
[Verb] to render apparent (literally or figuratively) |
in | G1909 | ἐπί |
[Preposition] of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc.: about (the times) above after against among as long as (touching) at beside X-(idiom) have charge of (be- [where-]) fore in (a place as much as the time of -to) (because) of (up-) on (behalf of) over (by for) the space of through (-out) (un-) to (-ward) with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at |
these last | G2078 | ἔσχατος |
[Adjective] farthest final (of place or time) |
times | G5550 | χρόνος |
[Noun Masculine] a space of time (in genitive case and thus properly distinguished from G2540 which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165 which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension an individual opportunity; by implication delay |
for | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
you | G5209 | ὑμᾶς |
you (as the object of a verb or preposition) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.