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2 Peter 3:5

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

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λανθάνειlanthaneiare ignorant ofλανθάνω (lanthanō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “are ignorant of”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2990I am hidden (concealed), lie hid, escape notice, sometimes with acc. of person from whom concealment takes place; I do so and so unconsciously, unknown to myself, I shut my eyes to so and so.are ignorant ofγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.αὐτοὺςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.θέλονταςthelontasto willθέλω (thelō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιadverb — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatοὐρανοὶouranoiheavensοὐρανός (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 heavensἦσανēsanwereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wereἔκπαλαιekpalaiof oldἔκπαλαιadverb — “of old”G1597from of old, long since.of oldκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγῆgēearthγῆnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the subject formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earthἐξexout ofἐκ (ek)preposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofὕδατοςhudatoswaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “water”, the of-formG5204water.the waterκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδι’diinδιά (dia)preposition — “in”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.inὕδατοςhudatoswaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “water”, the of-formG5204water.the waterσυνεστῶσαsunestōsato commendσυνίστημι (sunistēmi)verb, perfect active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to commend”, a completed action with a present resultG4921I place together, commend, prove, exhibit; instrans: I stand with; I am composed of, cohere.This verse uses “commend”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.λόγῳlogōwordλόγος (logos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “word”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

Young’s Literal Translation

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

World English Bible

For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,

Darby Translation

For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,

Douay-Rheims

For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.

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