Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Peter 3:20 - Eight
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Which sometime | G4218 | ποτέ |
indefinite adverb at some time ever |
were disobedient | G544 | ἀπειθέω |
[Verb] to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely) |
when | G3753 | ὅτε |
at which (thing) too that is when |
once | G530 | ἅπαξ |
[Adverb] one (or a single) time (numerically or conclusively) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
longsuffering | G3115 | μακροθυμία |
[Noun Feminine] longanimity that is (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude |
of God | G2316 | θεός |
[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very |
waited | G1551 | ἐκδέχομαι |
[Verb] to accept from some source that is (by implication) to await |
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) |
days | G2250 | ἡμέρα |
[Noun Feminine] akin to the base of G1476) meaning tame that is gentle; day that is (literally) the time space between dawn and dark or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context) |
of Noah | G3575 | Νῶε |
[Noun Masculine] Noe (that is Noach) a patriarch |
while the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
ark | G2787 | κιβωτός |
[Noun Feminine] a box that is the sacred ark and that of Noah |
was a preparing | G2680 | κατασκευάζω |
[Verb] to prepare thoroughly (properly by external equipment; whereas G2090 refers rather to internal fitness); by implication to construct create |
wherein | G1519 | εἰς |
[Preposition] to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases. |
few | G3641 | ὀλίγος |
[Adjective] puny (in extent degree number duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat |
that is | G5123 | τουτέστι |
[Conjunction] that is |
eight | G3638 | ὀκτώ |
[Noun]
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souls | G5590 | ψυχή |
[Noun Feminine] breath that is (by implication) spirit abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 which is mere vitality even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315] [H7307] and [H2416] |
were saved | G1295 | διασώζω |
[Verb] to save thoroughly that is (by implication or analogy) to cure preserve: rescue etc. |
by | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
water | G5204 | ὕδωρ |
[Noun Neuter] water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.