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2 Peter 3:6

through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

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ASV

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

KJV

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
δι᾽di᾽throughG1223 →
ὧνhōn[means of] those [waters]G3739 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
τότεtoteat that timeG5119 →
κόσμοςkosmosworldG2889 →
ὕδατιhudatiwith waterG5204 →
κατακλυσθεὶςkataklustheishaving been delugedG2626 →
ἀπώλετο.apōletoperished.G622 →

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Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;Matthew 24:38–39For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:Luke 17:27People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.Genesis 7:10–23And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.Genesis 7:23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.Job 12:15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.Genesis 9:15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.Genesis 7:19Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

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