2 Peter 3:12
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּנָה
pânâh
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
בְּהִילוּ
bᵉhîylûw
a hurry; only adverb, hastily
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יוֹם
yôwm
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...
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
παραλυτικός
paralytikós
as if dissolved, i.e. "paralytic"
στοιχεῖον
stoicheîon
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
צָרַף
tsâraph
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
ζέω
zéō
to be hot (boil, of liquids; or glow, of solids), i.e. (figuratively) be fervid (earnest)
Key Terms in This Verse
στοιχεῖον stoicheîon
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
Study G4747 →ζέω zéō
to be hot (boil, of liquids; or glow, of solids), i.e. (figuratively) be fervid (earnest)
Study G2204 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →Cross References
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that...
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig fro...
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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