Matthew 2
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20Saying, 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.
21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22But 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:
23And 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358870× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253230× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- αὐτόςautósG84623× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- δέdéG116112× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- εἰςeisG151910× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- ἐνenG172210× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- ἩρώδηςHērṓdēsG22649× in this chapter
heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
- παιδίονpaidíonG38139× in this chapter
a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian
- εἰμίeimíG15106× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- λέγωlégōG30046× in this chapter
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 (ἔπω) and G5346 (φημί) generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 (ῥέω) is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 (λαλέω) means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
- γάρgárG10635× in this chapter
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
- διάdiáG12235× in this chapter
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- εἴδωeídōG14925× in this chapter
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3708 (ὁράω); properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
- ἔρχομαιérchomaiG20645× in this chapter
to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- κατάkatáG25965× in this chapter
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- μήτηρmḗtērG33845× in this chapter
a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)
- ΒηθλεέμBēthleémG9655× in this chapter
Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine
- ΑἴγυπτοςAígyptosG1254× in this chapter
Ægyptus, the land of the Nile
- ἐγείρωegeírōG14534× in this chapter
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
- ἀκούωakoúōG1914× in this chapter
to hear (in various senses)
- ἰδούidoúG24004× in this chapter
used as imperative lo!;
- μάγοςmágosG30974× in this chapter
a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician
- ὄναρónarG36774× in this chapter
a dream
- ὅτιhótiG37544× in this chapter
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
- παραλαμβάνωparalambánōG38804× in this chapter
to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn
- πᾶςpâsG39564× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- ἀναχωρέωanachōréōG4024× in this chapter
to retire
- προφήτηςprophḗtēsG43964× in this chapter
a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
- ἀστήρastḗrG7924× in this chapter
a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively
- βασιλεύςbasileúsG9354× in this chapter
a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
- γῆgēG10933× in this chapter
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
- ἐκεῖekeîG15633× in this chapter
there; by extension, thither
- ἔπωépōG20363× in this chapter
to speak or say (by word or writing)
- ἐρέωeréōG20463× in this chapter
an alternate for G2036 (ἔπω) in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say
- ἕωςhéōsG21933× in this chapter
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
- ἸουδαίαIoudaíaG24493× in this chapter
the Judæan land (i.e. Judæa), a region of Palestine
- ἸσραήλIsraḗlG24743× in this chapter
Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
- καλέωkaléōG25643× in this chapter
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
- κύριοςkýriosG29623× in this chapter
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
- μέméG31653× in this chapter
me