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2 Peter 3:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
prosdokao (Greek #4328)
to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by implication, to await
KJV usage: (be in) expect(-ation), look (for), when looked, tarry, wait for.
Pronounce: pros-dok-ah'-o
Origin: from 4314 and dokeuo (to watch)
r and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
ζhasting unto
speudo (Greek #4692)
to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly
KJV usage: (make, with) haste unto.
Pronounce: spyoo'-do
Origin: probably strengthened from 4228
the coming
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
parousia (Greek #3952)
a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect
KJV usage: coming, presence.
Pronounce: par-oo-see'-ah
Origin: from the present participle of 3918
of 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 God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, wherein
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
the heavens
ouranos (Greek #3772)
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
KJV usage: air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Pronounce: oo-ran-os'
Origin: perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation)
being on fire
puroo (Greek #4448)
to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust)
KJV usage: burn, fiery, be on fire, try.
Pronounce: poo-ro'-o
Origin: from 4442
shall be dissolved
luo (Greek #3089)
to "loosen" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off. Compare 4486.
Pronounce: loo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
the elements
stoicheion (Greek #4747)
something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively)
KJV usage: element, principle, rudiment.
Pronounce: stoy-khi'-on
Origin: neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of 4748
shall melt
teko (Greek #5080)
to liquefy
KJV usage: melt.
Pronounce: tay'-ko
Origin: apparently a primary verb
s with fervent heat
kausoo (Greek #2741)
to set on fire
KJV usage: fervent heat.
Pronounce: kow-so'-o
Origin: from 2740
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Titus 2:13• 13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)
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or, hosting the coming.
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Isa. 34:4• 4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree. (Isa. 34:4)
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Mic. 1:4• 4And 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. (Mic. 1:4)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Looking.
1 Cor. 1:7• 7so that ye come not short in any gift, awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 1:7)
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Titus 2:13• 13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)
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Jude 21• 21keep yourselves in [the] love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto life eternal. (Jude 21)
hasting unto the coming.
or, hasting the coming.
2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)
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1 Cor. 1:8• 8who shall also confirm you until [the] end, unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 1:8)
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Phil. 1:6• 6being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ; (Phil. 1:6)
the heavens.
2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)
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Psa. 50:3• 3Our God will come and not be silent:{HR}A fire before him shall devour,{HR}And around him it shall be very tempestuous. (Psa. 50:3)
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Isa. 34:4• 4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree. (Isa. 34:4)
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Rev. 6:13‑14• 13and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree shaken by a great wind casteth its untimely figs.
 14And the heaven departed as a scroll rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (Rev. 6:13‑14)
melt.
2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)
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Isa. 2:1‑22• 1The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
 2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
 3And many peoples will go and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.
 4And he will judge between the nations, and will reprove many peoples; and they will forge their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
 5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
 6For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are replenished from the east, and [full of] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of strangers.
 7Their land is also full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
 8Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
 9And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
 10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of His majesty.
 11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
 12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
 13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
 14and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
 15and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall;
 16and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.
 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
 18And the idols shall utterly pass away.
 19And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
 20In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
 21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
 22Cease ye from man , whose breath is in his nostrils, for wherein is he to be accounted of? (Isa. 2:1‑22)
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Isa. 64:1‑12• 1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down—that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
 2as fire kindleth brushwood, [as] fire causeth the waters to boil—to make thy name known to thine adversaries, [that] the nations may tremble at thy presence!
 3When thou didst terrible things we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
 4Ever since the beginning of the world they have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, a God besides thee, who will act for him that waiteth for him.
 5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth to work righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways (behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned): in those is perpetuity, and we shall be saved.
 6But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
 7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and made us melt away through our iniquities.
 8But, now O Jehovah, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.
 9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity forever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.
 10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
 11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire; and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
 12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore. (Isa. 64:1‑12)
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Mic. 1:4• 4And 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. (Mic. 1:4)
• There are but three passages that allude to the eternal state — 2 Peter 3, Revelation 21, and 1 Corinthians 15. Christ rules as Son of God, and Son of Man, all through the Millennium, but when the Millennium has closed “then cometh the end,” when death itself is destroyed. How does He destroy death? By bringing all the wicked dead to life again, and casting them into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:14). He then has put every enemy under his feet, and gives up the kingdom to God. (“Where Is the Promise of His Coming?” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• Everything on which the hopes of the flesh are founded shall disappear forever. (“2 Peter 3” by J.N. Darby)
• The day of the Lord is the period especially characterized by the exaltation of Christ, as Lord and Administrator of the will of God, when righteousness will reign. It lasts for 1000 years. The day of God is the succeeding eternal state in which God shall dwell with men in a new heaven and new earth and there righteousness shall dwell without a solitary foe to challenge its peace. (“2 Peter 3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and theh elements, burning with heat, shall melt?

JND Translation Notes

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The absence of the article is poetic here, "because of which inflamed heavens shall be dissolved, and burning elements shall melt."

W. Kelly Translation

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waiting for and hasteninga the coming of the day of God, by reason of whichb [day] heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and elements in fervent heat shall melt?

WK Translation Notes

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The RV justly discards "hasting unto," as indeed the margin of the KJV suggests; but whether "earnestly desiring," as given by others, adequately conveys the meaning is another matter. If they mean hastening the coming of that day in heart, I believe them right; but this is rather exposition or application than rendering.
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The Revisers version of di hēn (by reason of which) though of course correct grammatically, is not the only one that is sure. The temporal sense is no less just. It is a question of context which suits best here.