MATTHEW 2:22

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:”

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Matthew 2:22 Translation & Meaning

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But δὲ But, and, etc But
when he heard ἀκούσας To hear (in various senses) heard
that ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because that
Archelaus Ἀρχέλαος People-ruling; Archelaus, a Jewish king Archelaus
did reign βασιλεύει To rule (literally or figuratively) did reign
in ἐπὶ Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc in
Judaea Ἰουδαίας The Judaean land (i.e., Judaea), a region of Palestine Judaea
in the room of ἀντὶ Opposite, i.e., instead or because of (rarely in addition to) room
his αὐτοῦ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons his
father πατρὸς A "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote) father
Herod, Ἡρῴδου Heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings Herod
he was afraid ἐφοβήθη To frighten, i.e., (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e., revere afraid
to go ἀπελθεῖν· To go off (i.e., depart), aside (i.e., apart) or behind (i.e., follow), literally or figuratively go
thither: ἐκεῖ There; by extension, thither thither
notwithstanding, δὲ But, and, etc notwithstanding
being warned of God χρηματισθεὶς To utter an oracle (compare the original sense of G5530), i.e., divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of G5532) to constitute a firm for business, i.e., (generally) bear as a title being warned God
in κατ' (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined) in
a dream, ὄναρ A dream dream
he turned aside ἀνεχώρησεν To retire turned aside
into εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases into
the τὰ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
parts μέρη A division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application) parts
of Galilee: Γαλιλαίας Galilaea (i.e., the heathen circle), a region of Palestine Galilee

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  • 20  Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

  • 21  And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • 22  But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

  • 23  And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.




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