Jude 1:7
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
σάρξ
flesh
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σάρξ
Flesh, body, human nature. Sarx. The Word became flesh. God took on human nature completely. He knows from the inside what it means to be human. He is not a distant deity.
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πῦρ
of fire
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πῦρ
Fire. Pur. Our God is a consuming fire. Fire purifies and fire destroys. What is genuine survives the fire. What is counterfeit is consumed by it. Let God refine you.
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πόλις
cities
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πόλις
City, town. Polis. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. The church is meant to be visible. Its light is for the community around it. Hide nothing. Let it shine.
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οὗτος
with them
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οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
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τρόπος
manner
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τρόπος
a turn, i.e. (by implication) mode or style (especially with preposition or relative prefix as adverb, like); figuratively, deportment or character
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ὅμοιος
in like
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ὅμοιος
Like, similar, resembling. The fourth person in the fire is like the Son of God. In the furnace of your trial Jesus is there with you.
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πρόκειμαι
are set forth as
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πρόκειμαι
to lie before the view, i.e. (figuratively) to be present (to the mind), to stand forth (as an example or reward)
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δίκη
the] penalty
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δίκη
right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution)
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Γόμοῤῥα
Gomorrah
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Γόμοῤῥα
Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea
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ὑπέχω
undergoing.
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ὑπέχω
to hold oneself under, i.e. endure with patience
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Σόδομα
Sodom
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Σόδομα
Sodoma (i.e. Sedom), a place in Palestine
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ἕτερος
strange,
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ἕτερος
(an-, the) other or different
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ἐκπορνεύω
having indulged in sexual immorality
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ἐκπορνεύω
having indulged in sexual immorality
to be utterly unchaste
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δεῖγμα
an example
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δεῖγμα
a specimen (as shown)
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