2 Peter 3:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἓν δὲ τοῦτο μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι μία ἡμέρα παρὰ Κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη καὶ χίλια ἔτη, ὡς ἡμέρα μία.

Transliteration

One but this not lanthanetō you, agapētoi, that one hēmera para Kyriō as chilia etē and chilia etē, as hēmera one.

Grammar Details

*lanthanetō*: present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let it not escape notice/be hidden
*agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - beloved ones
*hēmera*: nominative, feminine, singular - day
*para*: preposition with dative - with/beside/in the presence of
*Kyriō*: dative, masculine, singular - with Lord/Master
*chilia*: nominative, neuter, plural - thousand
*etē*: nominative, neuter, plural - years

Word Meanings

*lanthanetō*: let it not escape notice/be hidden/be forgotten
*agapētoi*: beloved ones/dear friends
*hēmera*: day/daytime period
*para*: with/beside/in the presence of/in the sight of
*Kyriō*: Lord/Master/Ruler
*chilia*: thousand
*etē*: years/annual cycles

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past{H8799)}, and as a watch in the night.
Rom 11:25 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

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