Lexicon
στηριγμός
stērigmos
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G:N-M Greek

security

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Sterigmos denotes the security from which believers are warned not to fall through lawless error.

The single attested use places sterigmos in a warning not to fall from one's own security when led away by the error of the lawless.

Senses in use

  1. Security vulnerable to being lost · dominant

    In 2 Peter 3:17, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the warning that the beloved should guard themselves lest, led away by the error of the lawless, they fall from their own security. The APB renders the clause "you fall from your own security."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 3:17, the APB presents the term within "you fall from your own security." The precise English correspondence remains limited to the clause's overall presentation.

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