Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #151624

SR GNT 2 Pet 3:12 τήκεται (taʸketai) ‘and the elements being burned is_being melted’ Strongs=50800 Lemma=tēkō^*
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=passive person=3rd number=singular
Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form τήκεται (V-IPP3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τήκεται’ (V-IPP3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘is_being melted’.

2 Pet 3:12 ‘and the elements being burned is_being melted’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:12 word 19

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)

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

Key: V=verb