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Jude 1:7

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

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ὡςhōsEven asὡςconjunction — “Even as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.Even asΣόδομαsodomaSodomΣόδομαnoun, nominative, plural, neuter — “Sodom”, the subject formG4670Sodom.Sodomκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΓόμορραgomorraGomorrhaΓόμορραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Gomorrha”, the subject formG1116Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea.Gomorrhaκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andαἱhaitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.aboutαὐτὰςautasthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themπόλειςpoleiscityπόλις (polis)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “city”, the subject formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὅμοιονhomoionin likeὅμοιος (homoios)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “in like”, the object formG3664like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank.This verse uses “like”.in likeτρόπονtroponmannerτρόπος (tropos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “manner”, the object formG5158(a) way, manner, (b) manner of life, character.This verse uses “manner”.mannerτούτοιςtoutoisthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἐκπορνεύσασαιekporneusasaigiving themselves over to fornicationἐκπορνεύω (ekporneuō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, feminine — “giving themselves over to fornication”, a single actionG1608I am guilty of fornication.giving themselves over to fornicationκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀπελθοῦσαιapelthousaigoingἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, feminine — “going”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.goingὀπίσωopisōafterὀπίσωpreposition — “after”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “after”.afterσαρκὸςsarkosfleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the of-formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.fleshἑτέραςheterasotherἕτερος (heteros)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “other”, the of-formG2087(a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor.πρόκεινταιprokeintaiare set forth forπρόκειμαι (prokeimai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “are set forth for”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4295I am set (placed, put) before, am already there.are set forth forδεῖγμαdeigmaan exampleδεῖγμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “an example”, the object formG1164an example, type; a thing shown.This verse uses “an example”.an exampleπυρὸςpurosfireπῦρ (pur)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “fire”, the of-formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.fireαἰωνίουaiōnioueternalαἰώνιος (aiōnios)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “eternal”, the of-formG166age-long, and therefore: practically eternal, unending; partaking of the character of that which lasts for an age, as contrasted with that which is brief and fleeting.This verse uses “eternal”.δίκηνdikēncondemnationδίκη (dikē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “condemnation”, the object formG1349(a) (originally: custom, usage) right, justice, (b) process of law, judicial hearing, (c) execution of sentence, punishment, penalty, (d) justice, vengeance.ὑπέχουσαιhupechousaito undergoὑπέχω (hupechō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, feminine — “to undergo”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5254I submit to, undergo, suffer.This verse uses “undergo”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before — an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Darby Translation

as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.

Douay-Rheims

As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication, and going after other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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World English Bible

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