1 Peter 3:20

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

which were in tyme passed disobedient when the longe sufferinge of God abode excedinge paciently in the dayes of Noe whyll the arcke was a preparinge wherin feawe (that is to saye.viii soules) were saved by water

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπειθήσασίν ποτε, ὅτε ἅπαξ ἐξεδέχετο ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ μακροθυμία ἐν ἡμέραις Νῶε, κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτοῦ, εἰς ἣν ὀλίγαι, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ὀκτὼ ψυχαί, διεσώθησαν διʼ ὕδατος.

Transliteration

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 Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *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

Referenced Verses

• Gen 6:3 : 3 And the LORd sayd: My spirite shall not allwaye stryve withe man for they are flesh. Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space and hundred and.xx. yeres
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By fayth Noe honored God after that he was warned of thinges which were not sene and prepared the arcke to the savinge of his houssholde thorowe the which arcke he condempned the worlde and became heyre of the rightewesnes which commeth by fayth.
• Gen 6:5 : 5 And whan the LORde sawe yt the wekednesse of man was encreased apon the erth and that all the ymaginacion and toughtes of his hert was only evell continually
• 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 Nether spared the olde worlde but saved Noe the ryghte preacher of rightewesnes and brought in the flud vpon the worlde of the vngodly
• Gen 8:18 : 18 And Noe came out ad his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym.
• Matt 7:14 : 14 But strayte is the gate and narowe ys the waye which leadeth vnto lyfe: and feawe there be that fynde it.
• Matt 24:37-39 : 37 As the tyme of Noe was so lyke wyse shall the cominge of ye sonne of man be. 38 For as in ye dayes before ye floud: they dyd eate and drynke mary and were maried eve vnto ye daye that Noe entred into the shyppe 39 and knewe of nothynge tyll the floude came and toke them all awaye. So shall also the commynge of the sonne of man be.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Feare not litell floocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geve you a kingdome.
• Luke 13:24-25 : 24 stryve with youre selves to enter in at ye strayte gate: For many I saye vnto you will seke to enter in and shall not be able. 25 When the good man of ye housse is rysen vp and hath shett to the dore ye shall beginne to stonde with out and to knocke at the dore sayinge: Lorde LORde open vnto vs: and he shall answer and saye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are.
• Luke 17:26-30 : 26 As it happened in ye tyme of Noe: So shall it be in the tyme of the sonne of man. 27 They ate they dranke they maryed wyves and were maryed even vnto yt same daye yt Noe went into ye arke: and ye floud cam and destroyed the all. 28 Lykewyse also as it chaunsed in the dayes of Lot. They ate they dranke they bought they solde they planted they bilte. 29 And even the same daye that Lot went out of Zodom it rayned fyre and brymstone from heven and destroyed them all. 30 After these ensamples shall it be in the daye when the sonne of man shall appere.
• Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Ether despisest thou the riches of his goodnes paciece and longe sufferaunce? and remembrest not how that the kyndnes of God ledith the to repentaunce? 5 But thou after thyne harde herte yt canot repet heapest ye togedder the treasure of wrath agaynste the daye of vengeauce when shalbe opened ye rightewes iudgemet of god
• Rom 9:22 : 22 Even so God willynge to shewe his wrath and to make his power knowen suffered with longe pacience the vessels of wrath ordeyned to damnacion
• 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And suppose that ye longe sufferynge of the LORde is saluacion even as oure derely beloved brother Paul accordynge to ye wysdome geve vnto him wrote to you
• Eph 5:26 : 26 to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountayne of water thorow the worde
• Gen 6:13-7:7 : 13 Than sayd God to Noe: the end of all flesh is come before me for the erth is full of there myschefe. And loo I wyll destroy them with the erth. 14 Make the an arcke of pyne tree and make chaumbers in the arcke and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch. 15 And of this facion shalt thou make it. The lenth of the arcke shall be.iij. hundred cubytes ad the bredth of it.l. cubytes and the heyth of it.xxx. cubytes. 16 A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke. And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it. And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in ye syde of it: and thou shalt make it with.iij loftes one aboue an other. 17 For behold I wil bringe in a floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from vnder heaven wherin breth of life is so that all that is in the erth shall perish. 18 But I will make myne apoyntement with the that both thou shalt come in to ye arcke and thy sonnes thy wyfe and thy sonnes wyves with the. 19 And of all that lyveth what soever flesh it be shalt thou brynge in to the arcke of every thynge a payre to kepe them a lyve wyth the. And male and femal 20 se that they be of byrdes in their kynde and of beastes in their kynde and of all maner of wormes of the erth in their kinde: a payre of every thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve. 21 And take vnto the of all maner of meate yt may be eaten and laye it vp in stoore by the that it may be meate both for ye and for the: 22 and Noe dyd acordynge to all that God commaunded hym. 1 And the LORde sayd vnto Noe: goo in to the arcke both thou and all thy houssold. For the haue I sene rightuous before me in thys generacion. 2 Of all clene beastes take vnto the.vij. of every kynde the male and hys female And of vnclene beastes a payre the male and hys female: 3 lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre vij. of every kynde male and female to save seed vppon all the erth. 4 For.vij. dayes hence wyll I send rayne vppo the erth.xl. dayes and.xl. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that I haue made from of the face of the erth. 5 And Noe dyd acordynge to all yt the LORde comaunded hym: 6 and Noe was.vi. hundred yere olde when the floud of water came vppon the erth: 7 and Noe went and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth hym in to the arke from the waters of the floud.
• Gen 7:13 : 13 And the selfe same daye went Noe Sem Ham and Iapheth Noes sonnes and Noes wyfe and the.iij. wyues of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke:
• Gen 7:17-23 : 17 And the floud came.xl. dayes and.xl. nyghtes vppon the erth and the water increased and bare vp the arcke ad it was lifte vp from of the erth 18 And the water prevayled and increased exceadingly vppon the erth: and the arke went vppo he toppe of the waters. 19 And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure vppo the erth so that all the hye hylles which are vnder all the partes of heaven were covered: 20 eve.xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters so that the hylles were covered. 21 And all fleshe that moved on the erth bothe birdes catell and beastes perisshed with al that crepte on the erth and all men: 22 so that all that had the breth of liffe in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye lond dyed. 23 Thus was destroyed all that was vppo the erth both man beastes wormes and foules of the ayre so that they were destroyed from the erth: save Noe was reserved only and they that were wyth hym in the arke.
• Gen 8:1 : 1 And god remebred Noe and all ye beastes and all ye catell yt were with hi in ye arke And god made a wynde to blow vppo ye erth and ye waters ceased:
• 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are vnto God the swete savoure of Christ both amoge them that are saved and also amoge them which perisshe. 16 To the one parte are we ye savoure of deeth vnto deeth. And vnto the other parte are we the savoure of lyfe vnto lyfe. And who is mete vnto these thinges?