{
"verseID": "1 Peter.3.20",
"source": "Ἀπειθήσασίν ποτε, ὅτε ἅπαξ ἐξεδέχετο ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ μακροθυμία ἐν ἡμέραις Νῶε, κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτοῦ, εἰς ἣν ὀλίγαι, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ὀκτὼ ψυχαί, διεσώθησαν διʼ ὕδατος.",
"text": "To-those-who-*apeithēsasin pote*, when *hapax exedecheto* the of-the *Theou makrothymia* in *hēmerais Nōe*, being-*kataskeuazomenēs kibōtou*, into which *oligai*, that is *oktō psychai*, *diesōthēsan* through *hydatos*.",
"grammar": {
"*apeithēsasin*": "aorist active participle, dative, masculine, plural - having disobeyed",
"*pote*": "adverb - once/formerly",
"*hote*": "conjunction - when/while",
"*hapax*": "adverb - once/one time",
"*exedecheto*": "imperfect middle indicative, 3rd singular - was waiting",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*makrothymia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - patience/longsuffering",
"*en*": "preposition + dative - in",
"*hēmerais*": "dative, feminine, plural - days",
"*Nōe*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Noah",
"*kataskeuazomenēs*": "present passive participle, genitive, feminine, singular - being prepared",
"*kibōtou*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of ark",
"*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/unto",
"*hēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular, relative pronoun - which",
"*oligai*": "nominative, feminine, plural - few",
"*tout' estin*": "that is/this is",
"*oktō*": "numeral - eight",
"*psychai*": "nominative, feminine, plural - souls/lives",
"*diesōthēsan*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural - were saved through/rescued",
"*di*": "preposition + genitive - through",
"*hydatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of water"
},
"variants": {
"*apeithēsasin*": "having disobeyed/having disbelieved/having rejected",
"*pote*": "once/formerly/in the past",
"*hapax*": "once/one time/once for all",
"*exedecheto*": "was waiting/was expecting/was awaiting",
"*Theou*": "of God/of deity",
"*makrothymia*": "patience/longsuffering/forbearance",
"*hēmerais*": "days/time periods",
"*kataskeuazomenēs*": "being prepared/being constructed/being built",
"*kibōtou*": "of ark/of boat/of chest",
"*oligai*": "few/small number",
"*psychai*": "souls/lives/persons",
"*diesōthēsan*": "were saved through/were brought safely through/were rescued",
"*hydatos*": "of water/through water"
}
}