King James Version

Matthew 2:15

And 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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τοῦ) before prophet here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wasἐκεῖekeithereἐκεῖadverb — “there”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “there”.thereἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.untilτῆςtēswhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichτελευτῆςteleutēsdeathτελευτή (teleutē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “death”, the of-formG5054end of life, death.This verse uses “death”.ἩρῴδουhērōdouHerodἩρῴδης (hērōdēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Herod”, the of-formG2264Herod; four persons are called by this name: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, and Herod Agrippa the younger.ἵναhinain order thatἵναconjunction — “in order that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “in order that”.πληρωθῇplērōthēto fulfillπληρόω (plēroō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to fulfill”, a single actionG4137I fill, fulfill, complete.This verse uses “fulfill”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ῥηθὲνrhēthento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2046 (ἐρέω, utter).ὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofκυρίουkuriouLordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προφήτουprophētouprophetπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “prophet”, the of-formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.the prophetλέγοντοςlegontossayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingἘξexOut ofἐκ (ek)preposition — “Out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.Out ofΑἰγύπτουaiguptouEgyptΑἴγυπτος (aiguptos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Egypt”, the of-formG125Egypt.Egyptἐκάλεσαekalesahave I calledκαλέω (kaleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “have I called”, a single actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.have I calledτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.υἱόνhuionsonυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “son”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.sonμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τοῦtouwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

World English Bible

and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Darby Translation

And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Douay-Rheims

That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Fulfills

Hosea 11:1 Hosea 11:1 · King James VersionWhen Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.Hosea 11:1 · King James VersionOpen the Source
that it might be fulfilled · out of Egypt · NT explicit
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

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