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Matthew 2:14

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeWhenδέconjunction — “When”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.Whenἐγερθεὶςegertheishe aroseἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he arose”, a single actionG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.he aroseπαρέλαβεparelabehe tookπαραλαμβάνω (paralambanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he took”, a single actionG3880I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.he tookτὸtotheὁ (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 childκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μητέραmēteramotherμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the object formG3384a mother.motherαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.νυκτὸςnuktosby nightνύξ (nux)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “by night”, the of-formG3571the night, night-time.by nightκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀνεχώρησενanechōrēsendepartedἀναχωρέω (anachōreō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “departed”, a single actionG402I return, retire, withdraw, depart (underlying idea perhaps of taking refuge from danger or of going into retirement).departedεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoΑἴγυπτονaiguptonEgyptΑἴγυπτος (aiguptos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Egypt”, the object formG125Egypt.Egypt

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;

Young’s Literal Translation

And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

World English Bible

He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,

Darby Translation

And, having arisen, he took to [him] the little child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.

Douay-Rheims

Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:

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