Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Peter 2:18 - Flesh
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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For | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
when they speak | G5350 | φθέγγομαι |
[Verb] to utter a clear sound that is (genitive case) to proclaim |
great swelling | G5246 | ὑπέρογκος |
[Adjective] bulging over that is (figuratively) insolent |
words of vanity | G3153 | ματαιότης |
[Noun Feminine] inutility; figuratively transientness; morally depravity |
they allure | G1185 | δελεάζω |
[Verb] to entrap that is (figuratively) delude |
through | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
|
the lusts | G1939 | ἐπιθυμία |
[Noun Feminine] a longing (especially for what is forbidden) |
of the flesh | G4561 | σάρξ |
[Noun Feminine] flesh (as stripped of the skin) that is (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food) or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit) or as the symbol of what is external or as the means of kindred or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions) or (specifically) a human being (as such) |
through | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
|
much wantonness | G766 | ἀσέλγεια |
[Noun Feminine] licentiousness (sometimes including other vices) |
those that were clean escaped | G668 | ἀποφεύγω |
[Verb] (figuratively) to escape |
from them who live | G390 | ἀναστρέφω |
[Verb] to overturn; also to return; by implication to busy oneself that is remain live |
in | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
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error | G4106 | πλάνη |
[Noun Feminine] objectively fraudulence; subjectively a straying from orthodoxy or piety |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.