1 Peter 3:20

New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Which

ποτέ

poté

G4218

indefinite adverb, at some time, ever

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were

מָרָה

mârâh

H4784

to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

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when once the

μακροθυμία

makrothymía

G3115

longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude

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of

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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יָחַל

yâchal

H3176

to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope

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in the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of

נֹחַ

Nôach

H5146

Noach, the patriarch of the flood

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עַד

ʻad

H5704

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

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the

אָרוֹן

ʼârôwn

H727

a box

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was a

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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few that is

שְׁמֹנֶה

shᵉmôneh

H8083

a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth

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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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were

יָשַׁע

yâshaʻ

H3467

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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by

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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Key Terms in This Verse

sometime G4218

ποτέ poté

indefinite adverb, at some time, ever

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preparing H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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disobedient H4784

מָרָה mârâh

to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

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longsuffering G3115

μακροθυμία makrothymía

longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude

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waited H3176

יָחַל yâchal

to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope

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Noah H5146

נֹחַ Nôach

Noach, the patriarch of the flood

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souls 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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eight H8083

שְׁמֹנֶה shᵉmôneh

a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth

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saved H3467

יָשַׁע yâshaʻ

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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wherein H834

אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:7 cross-reference

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi...

2 Peter 2:5 cross-reference

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Genesis 6:3 cross-reference

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:5 cross-reference

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:18 cross-reference

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

Genesis 7:13 cross-reference

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

Matthew 7:14 cross-reference

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

2 Peter 3:15 cross-reference

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

Isaiah 30:18 cross-reference

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait...

Luke 12:32 cross-reference

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Genesis 8:1 cross-reference

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Romans 9:22 cross-reference

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

Ephesians 5:26 cross-reference

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

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