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2 Peter 2

2 Peter 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
turning
tephroo (Greek #5077)
to incinerate, i.e. consume
KJV usage: turn to ashes.
Pronounce: tef-ro'-o
Origin: from τέφρα (ashes)
the cities
polis (Greek #4172)
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: pol'-is
Origin: probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from 4183
ofb Sodom
Sodoma (Greek #4670)
Sodoma (i.e. Sedom), a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sod'-om-ah
Origin: plural of Hebrew origin (05467)
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
Gomorrha
Gomorrha (Greek #1116)
Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Gomorrha.
Pronounce: gom'-or-hrhah
Origin: of Hebrew origin (06017)
into ashes
tephroo (Greek #5077)
to incinerate, i.e. consume
KJV usage: turn to ashes.
Pronounce: tef-ro'-o
Origin: from τέφρα (ashes)
condemned
katakrino (Greek #2632)
to judge against, i.e. sentence
KJV usage: condemn, damn.
Pronounce: kat-ak-ree'-no
Origin: from 2596 and 2919
them with an overthrow
katastrophe (Greek #2692)
an overturn ("catastrophe"), i.e. demolition; figuratively, apostasy
KJV usage: overthrow, subverting.
Pronounce: kat-as-trof-ay'
Origin: from 2690
, making
tithemi (Greek #5087)
θέω (theh'-o) (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses) to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from 2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while 2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
KJV usage: + advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.
Pronounce: tith'-ay-mee
c them an ensample
hupodeigma (Greek #5262)
an exhibit for imitation or warning (figuratively, specimen, adumbration)
KJV usage: en-(ex-)ample, pattern.
Pronounce: hoop-od'-igue-mah
Origin: from 5263
unto those that after should
mello (Greek #3195)
to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
KJV usage: about, after that, be (almost), (that which is, things, + which was for) to come, intend, was to (be), mean, mind, be at the point, (be) ready, + return, shall (begin), (which, that) should (after, afterwards, hereafter) tarry, which was for, will, would, be yet.
Pronounce: mel'-lo
Origin: a strengthened form of 3199 (through the idea of expectation)
live ungodly
asebeo (Greek #764)
to be (by implied act) impious or wicked
KJV usage: commit (live, that after should live) ungodly.
Pronounce: as-eb-eh'-o
Origin: from 765
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Gen. 19:24‑25• 24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrha brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
 25and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. (Gen. 19:24‑25)
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Deut. 29:23• 23{i}that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:{/i} (Deut. 29:23)

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Gen. 19:24‑25,28• 24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrha brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
 25and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
 28and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrha, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. (Gen. 19:24‑25,28)
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Deut. 29:23• 23{i}that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:{/i} (Deut. 29:23)
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Isa. 13:19• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean's pride, shall be as God's overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrha. (Isa. 13:19)
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Jer. 50:40• 40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith Jehovah; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. (Jer. 50:40)
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Ezek. 16:49‑56• 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
 50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
 51Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
 52Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
 53And I will bring back again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them,
 54in order that thou mayest bear thine own shame and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done when thou art a comfort to them.
 55And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to thy former estate.
 56And thy sister Sodom was not a report in thy mouth in the day of thy pride, (Ezek. 16:49‑56)
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Hos. 11:8• 8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hos. 11:8)
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Amos 4:11• 11{i}I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrha{/i}, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:11)
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Zeph. 2:9• 9Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. (Zeph. 2:9)
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Luke 17:28‑30• 28And in like manner as took place in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all [of them]:
 30after this [manner] shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed. (Luke 17:28‑30)
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Jude 7• 7as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities around them, having in the like manner with them greedily committed fornication and gone after strange flesh, lie there an example, undergoing judgment of eternal fire. (Jude 7)
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Num. 26:10• 10{i}And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that band died, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.{/i} (Num. 26:10)
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Deut. 29:23• 23{i}that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:{/i} (Deut. 29:23)
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1 Cor. 10:11• 11Now all these things happened unto them typically, and were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have reached. (1 Cor. 10:11)
• Men sunk into unblushing vileness not to be named, save in the days long after by the classic authors of Greece and Rome, who liked moral filth without shame. Most righteously did Jehovah execute His judgment on these cities, setting an example to those that should live an ungodly life, not providentially through the hand of man, but Himself raining upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire out of heaven. (“2 Peter 2:6-8” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and having reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, setting them as an example to those that should afterwards live an ungodly life;

W. Kelly Translation

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and reducing to ashes [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha, he condemned [them] with overthrow, having set an example to those that should live ungodlily,