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Koine Greek wordlink #151570

SR GNT 2 Pet 3:10 στοιχεῖα (stoiⱪeia) ‘heavens vociferously will_be passing_away elements and being burned will_be_being destroyed’ Strongs=47470 Lemma=stoiχeion
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=66 AD Referred to from Word #151572

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Other uses (1) of identical word form στοιχεῖα (N-NNP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘στοιχεῖα’ (N-NNP) has 2 different glosses: ‘the elements’, ‘elements’.

2 Pet 3:12 ‘being burned will_be_being destroyed and the elements being burned is_being melted’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:12 word 17

OET-LV: 12 expecting and hurrying the coming of _the day of_ the _god, because _of which the_heavens being _burned, will _be _being _destroyed, and the_elements being _burned, is _being _melted. (PE2_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God when the universe will be set alight and destroyed and its components will melt as they burn up. (PE2 3:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘stoiχeion’ have 3 different glosses: ‘the elements’, ‘elements’, ‘principles’.

Key: N=noun NNP=nominative,neuter,plural