Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Peter 3:9 - Courteous
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Not | G3361 | μή |
(adverbially) not (conjugationally) lest; also (as interrogitive implying a negative answer [whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one]); whether |
rendering | G591 | ἀποδίδωμι |
[Verb] to give away that is up: over back etc. (in various applications) |
evil | G2556 | κακός |
[Adjective] worthless (intrinsically such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects) that is (subjectively) depraved or (objectively) injurious |
for | G473 | ἀντί |
[Preposition] opposite that is instead or because of (rarely in addition to): for in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast requital |
evil | G2556 | κακός |
[Adjective] worthless (intrinsically such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects) that is (subjectively) depraved or (objectively) injurious |
or | G2228 | ἤ |
disjunctive or; comparative than |
railing | G3059 | λοιδορία |
[Noun Feminine] slander or vituperation |
for | G473 | ἀντί |
[Preposition] opposite that is instead or because of (rarely in addition to): for in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast requital |
railing | G3059 | λοιδορία |
[Noun Feminine] slander or vituperation |
but | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
contrariwise | G5121 | τοὐναντίον |
[Adverb] on the contrary |
blessing | G2127 | εὐλογέω |
[Verb] to speak well of that is (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benediction upon prosper) |
knowing | G1492 | εἴδω |
[Verb] used only in certain past tenses the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know |
that | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
ye are thereunto | G1519 | εἰς |
[Preposition] to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases. |
called | G2564 | καλέω |
[Verb] to |
that | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
ye should inherit | G2816 | κληρονομέω |
[Verb] to be an heir to (literally or figuratively) |
a blessing | G2127 | εὐλογέω |
[Verb] to speak well of that is (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benediction upon prosper) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.