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2 Peter 3:12

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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προσδοκῶνταςprosdokōntasLooking forπροσδοκάω (prosdokaō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “Looking for”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4328I expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate.Looking forκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσπεύδονταςspeudontashastingσπεύδω (speudō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “hasting”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4692I hasten, urge on, desire earnestly.hastingτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παρουσίανparousianunto the comingπαρουσία (parousia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “unto the coming”, the object formG3952(a) presence, (b) a coming, an arrival, advent, especially of the second coming of Christ.unto the comingτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.δι’diwhereinδιά (dia)preposition — “wherein”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.whereinἣνhēnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.οὐρανοὶouranoiheavensοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “heavens”, the subject formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.the heavensπυρούμενοιpuroumenoibeing on fireπυρόομαι (puroomai)verb, present passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “being on fire”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4448pass: I burn, am set on fire, am inflamed; glow with heat, am purified by fire.being on fireλυθήσονταιluthēsontaishall be dissolvedλύω (luō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “shall be dissolved”, an action still aheadG3089(a) I loose, untie, release, (b) met: I break, destroy, set at naught, contravene; I break up a meeting, annul.shall be dissolvedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andστοιχεῖαstoicheiaelementsστοιχεῖον (stoicheion)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “elements”, the subject formG4747(a) plur: the heavenly bodies, (b) a rudiment, an element, a rudimentary principle, an elementary rule.the elementsκαυσούμεναkausoumenawith fervent heatκαυσόομαι (kausoomai)verb, present passive participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “with fervent heat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2741I burn with great heat.with fervent heatτήκεταιtēketaito meltτήκομαι (tēkomai)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to melt”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5080I make liquid; pass: I melt (away).This verse uses “melt”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

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American Standard Version (1901)

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Young’s Literal Translation

waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

World English Bible

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

Darby Translation

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [the] heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall melt?

Douay-Rheims

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat?

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Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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