2 Peter 2:17
Strong's Lexicon
These [men]
Οὗτοί (Houtoi)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

are
εἰσιν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

springs
πηγαὶ (pēgai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4077: A fountain, spring, well, issue, flow. Probably from pegnumi; a fount, i.e. Source or supply.

without water
ἄνυδροι (anydroi)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 504: Without water, dry; subst: dry places, desert. Waterless, i.e. Dry.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

mists
ὁμίχλαι (homichlai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 887: A mist, dimness, darkening. Of uncertain derivation; dimness of sight, i.e. a cataract.

driven
ἐλαυνόμεναι (elaunomenai)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1643: (a) trans: I drive (on), propel, (b) intrans: I row. A prolonged form of a primary verb of uncertain affinity; to push.

by
ὑπὸ (hypo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).

a storm.
λαίλαπος (lailapos)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2978: A sudden storm, squall, whirlwind, hurricane. Of uncertain derivation; a whirlwind.

Blackest
ζόφος (zophos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2217: Darkness, murkiness, gloom. Akin to the base of nephos; gloom.

darkness
σκότους (skotous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4655: Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity.

is reserved
τετήρηται (tetērētai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5083: From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.

for them
οἷς (hois)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

Young's Literal Translation
These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.

New American Standard Bible
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

King James Bible
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

New Living Translation
These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.

English Standard Version
These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.

New American Standard Bible
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

King James Bible
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.

International Standard Version
These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

NET Bible
These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.

American Standard Version
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

English Revised Version
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

Young's Literal Translation
These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;
















Cross References
Hebrews 12:18
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Jude 1:12
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 2:16
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

2 Peter 2:15
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

2 Peter 2:19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

2 Peter 2:20
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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