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2 Peter 2:18

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2 Peter 2:18

18For 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.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Peter 2:18

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

speak

To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

words

Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

vanity

Emptiness, worthlessness, transience, futile desire, or excessive self-regard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

through

From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

flesh

The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

much

A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

escaped

Got free, fled, avoided danger, or passed without harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

live

Having life; having respiration and other organic functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate; not dead; Having vegetable life; to continue in constantly or habitually.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

error

A false belief, wrong course, or departure from the truth, law, or right way identified by the verse.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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  1. 2 Peter 2:20
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  2. Jude 1:15–16
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  3. Romans 13:13
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  4. 2 Peter 1:4
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