καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andχρηματισθέντεςchrēmatisthentesbeing warned of Godχρηματίζω (chrēmatizō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “being warned of God”, a single actionG5537(originally: I transact business), (a) act. of God: I warn; pass: I am warned by God (probably in response to an inquiry as to one's duty), (b) (I take a name from my public business, hence) I receive a name, am publicly called.being warned of Godκατ’katinκατά (kata)preposition — “in”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.inὄναρonara dreamὄναρnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a dream”, the object formG3677a dream.a dreamμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἀνακάμψαιanakampsaito returnἀνακάμπτω (anakamptō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to return”, a single actionG344I bend or turn back; I return.returnπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toἩρῴδηνhērōdēnHerodἩρῴδης (hērōdēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Herod”, the object formG2264Herod; four persons are called by this name: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, and Herod Agrippa the younger.Herodδι’dianotherδιά (dia)preposition — “another”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.anotherἄλληςallēsanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “another”, the of-formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.ὁδοῦhodouwayὁδός (hodos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “way”, the of-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.wayἀνεχώρησανanechōrēsanto leaveἀναχωρέω (anachōreō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to leave”, a single actionG402I return, retire, withdraw, depart (underlying idea perhaps of taking refuge from danger or of going into retirement).εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χώρανchōrancountryχώρα (chōra)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “country”, the object formG5561(a) a country or region, (b) the land, as opposed to the sea, (c) the country, distinct from town, (d) plur: fields.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.
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American Standard Version (1901)
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Young’s Literal Translation
and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.
World English Bible
Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
Darby Translation
And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Douay-Rheims
And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
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