Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #150997

SR GNT 2 Pet 2:4 σιροῖς (sirois) ‘not spared but to pits of darkness having committed_to_+the_underworld them gave_over them’ Strongs=46175 Lemma=siros^*
Word role=noun case=dative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form σιροῖς (N-DMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σιροῖς’ (N-DMP) is always and only glossed as ‘to pits’.

2 Pet 2:4 ‘not spared but to pits of darkness having committed_to_+the_underworld them gave_over them’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:4 word 10

OET-LV: 4 For/Because if the god not spared of_the_messengers having _sinned, but having _committed _to_the_underworld them to _pits of _darkness, gave _over them for judgement being _kept, (PE2_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 Because if God didn’t spare the messengers when they sinned, but chained them in darkness and kept them to be delivered to judgement in due course, (PE2 2:4)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘siros’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun DMP=dative,masculine,plural