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2 Peter 2

2 Peter 2:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
knoweth how
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
tof deliver
rhoumai (Greek #4506)
to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e. rescue
KJV usage: deliver(-er).
Pronounce: rhoo'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of an obsolete verb, akin to 4482 (through the idea of a current; compare 4511)
the godly
eusebes (Greek #2152)
well-reverent, i.e. pious
KJV usage: devout, godly.
Pronounce: yoo-seb-ace'
Origin: from 2095 and 4576
out of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
temptations
peirasmos (Greek #3986)
a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity
KJV usage: temptation, X try.
Pronounce: pi-ras-mos'
Origin: from 3985
peirasmos (Greek #3986)
a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity
KJV usage: temptation, X try.
Pronounce: pi-ras-mos'
Origin: from 3985
, and
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
to reserve
tereo (Greek #5083)
to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from 5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from 2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
KJV usage: hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
Pronounce: tay-reh'-o
Origin: from τερός (a watch; perhaps akin to 2334)
g the unjust
adikos (Greek #94)
unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen
KJV usage: unjust, unrighteous.
Pronounce: ad'-ee-kos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1349
unto
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
the day
hemera (Greek #2250)
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
KJV usage: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.
Pronounce: hay-mer'-ah
Origin: feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle
of judgment
krisis (Greek #2920)
by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
KJV usage: accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
Pronounce: kree'-sis
Origin: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against)
to be punished
kolazo (Greek #2849)
properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction)
KJV usage: punish.
Pronounce: kol-ad'-zo
Origin: from κόλος (dwarf)
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Psa. 34:15‑18•  (Psa. 34:15‑18)
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Jude 14‑15• 14And Enoch, seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord came amid his holy myriads,
 15to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke against him. (Jude 14‑15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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knoweth.
Job 5:19•  (Job 5:19)
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Psa. 34:15‑19•  (Psa. 34:15‑19)
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1 Cor. 10:13• 13No temptation hath taken you save a human one: but God [is] faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the issue that ye may be able to bear [it]. (1 Cor. 10:13)
the godly.
Psa. 4:3•  (Psa. 4:3)
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Psa. 12:1•  (Psa. 12:1)
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Psa. 32:6•  (Psa. 32:6)
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2 Tim. 3:12• 12Yea, and all that desire to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted. (2 Tim. 3:12)
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Titus 2:14• 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)
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2 Peter 2:4• 4For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to lowest hell and gave them up to chains of gloom reserved for judgment, (2 Peter 2:4)
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Job 21:30•  (Job 21:30)
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Prov. 16:4•  (Prov. 16:4)
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Jude 14‑15• 14And Enoch, seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord came amid his holy myriads,
 15to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke against him. (Jude 14‑15)
unto.
2 Peter 3:7• 7But the now heavens and the earth by the same word have been stored with fire, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7)
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Rom. 2:5• 5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment, (Rom. 2:5)
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2 Cor. 5:10‑11• 10For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body according to what he did, whether good or evil.
 11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men; but we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences. (2 Cor. 5:10‑11)
• The Apostle goes out to show the divine government in a more general way both as to good and evil {in 2 Peter 2:9-11}. (“2 Peter 2:9-11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished;

W. Kelly Translation

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[the] Lorda knoweth to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep unjust [men] for judgment-day to be punishedb;

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "Jehovah."
b
It is a class so characterized.