1 Peter 2:11

New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

יְדִדוּת

yᵉdidûwth

H3033

properly, affection; concretely, a darling object

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דּוֹד

dôwd

H1730

(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle

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I

אָנָּא

ʼânnâʼ

H577

oh now!

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you as

זוּר

zûwr

H2114

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

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and

παρεπίδημος

parepídēmos

G3927

an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner

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אָפַק

ʼâphaq

H662

to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain

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from

σάρξ

sárx

G4561

flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or a...

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ἐπιθυμία

epithymía

G1939

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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which

מִלְחָמָה

milchâmâh

H4421

a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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Key Terms in This Verse

pilgrims G3927

παρεπίδημος parepídēmos

an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner

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fleshly G4561

σάρξ sárx

flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means ...

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abstain H662

אָפַק ʼâphaq

to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain

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Dearly H3033

יְדִדוּת yᵉdidûwth

properly, affection; concretely, a darling object

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lusts G1939

ἐπιθυμία epithymía

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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beseech H577

אָנָּא ʼânnâʼ

oh now!

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strangers H2114

זוּר zûwr

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

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beloved H1730

דּוֹד dôwd

(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle

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war H4421

מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh

a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Cross References

Galatians 5:24 cross-reference

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

1 Peter 4:2 cross-reference

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

Hebrews 11:13 cross-reference

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart...

Romans 8:13 cross-reference

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

James 4:1 cross-reference

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

1 Chronicles 29:15 cross-reference

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

Romans 12:1 cross-reference

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 Corinthians 7:1 cross-reference

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Timothy 2:22 cross-reference

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Ephesians 4:1 cross-reference

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Psalm 39:12 cross-reference

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Acts 15:29 cross-reference

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Luke 21:34 cross-reference

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Leviticus 25:23 cross-reference

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Romans 7:23 cross-reference

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Psalm 119:19 cross-reference

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

2 Corinthians 5:20 cross-reference

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

1 Peter 1:17 cross-reference

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

Acts 15:20 cross-reference

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Genesis 47:9 cross-reference

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the...

2 Corinthians 6:1 cross-reference

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

1 Peter 1:1 cross-reference

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

Psalm 119:54 cross-reference

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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