King James Version

Matthew 2:11

And 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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they saw” (εἶδον) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they found” (εὗρον) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐλθόντεςelthonteswhen they were comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they were come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.when they were comeεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίανoikianhouseοἰκία (oikia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “house”, the object formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.the houseεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).they sawτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παιδίονpaidionyoung childπαιδίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “young child”, the object formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.the young childμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withΜαρίαςmariasMaryΜαρία (maria)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Mary”, the of-formG3137Mary, Miriam, (a) the mother of Jesus, (b) of Magdala, (c) sister of Martha and Lazarus, (d) wife of Cleopas, (e) mother of John Mark, (f) a Christian woman in Rome.This verse uses “Mary”.Maryτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μητρὸςmētrosmotherμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “mother”, the of-formG3384a mother.motherαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπεσόντεςpesontesto collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to collapse”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.προσεκύνησανprosekunēsanto worshipπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to worship”, a single actionG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.αὐτῷautōtheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “their”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.theirκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀνοίξαντεςanoixantesto openἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to open”, a single actionG455I open.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θησαυροὺςthēsauroustreasureθησαυρός (thēsauros)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “treasure”, the object formG2344a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.προσήνεγκανprosēnenkanto bring toπροσφέρω (prospherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to bring to”, a single actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).This verse uses “bring to”.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.δῶραdōragiftδῶρον (dōron)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “gift”, the object formG1435a gift, present.χρυσὸνchrusongoldχρυσός (chrusos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “gold”, the object formG5557gold, anything made of gold, a gold coin.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλίβανονlibanonfrankincenseλίβανος (libanos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “frankincense”, the object formG3030(Semitic word), frankincense, incense.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.σμύρνανsmurnanmyrrhσμύρνα (smurna)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “myrrh”, the object formG4666myrrh.myrrh

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εὗρονheuronthey sawεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they saw”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Darby Translation

And having come into the house they saw the little child with Mary his mother, and falling down did him homage. And having opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Douay-Rheims

And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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