2 Peter 3:6
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Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.

Genesis 7:10-23 And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth. . . .

Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.

Job 12:15 If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

Matthew 24:38,39 For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark: . . .

Luke 17:27 They did eat and drink, they married wives and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Context
The Coming Judgment
5For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. 7But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.…
Cross References
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened:

Genesis 7:12
And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.

Lexicon
through
δι’ (di’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

which
ὧν (hōn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

world
κόσμος (kosmos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).

of that time
τότε (tote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

perished
ἀπώλετο (apōleto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.

in the flood.
κατακλυσθεὶς (kataklystheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2626: To flood over, overwhelm, inundate. From kata and the base of kludon; to dash down, i.e. to deluge.


Additional Translations
through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

through which the world at that time perished, having been deluged with water.

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

through which [waters] the then world, deluged with water, perished.

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

By which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

and that, by means of these, the then existing race of men was overwhelmed with water and perished.

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;
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