King James Version

Matthew 2:20

Saying, 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.

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λέγωνlegōnSayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, 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.SayingἘγερθεὶςegertheisAriseἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “Arise”, a single actionG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.Ariseπαράλαβεparalabeand takeπαραλαμβάνω (paralambanō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “and take”, a single actionG3880I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.This verse uses “take”.and takeτὸtowhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichπαιδίονpaidionyoung child'sπαιδίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “young child's”, the object formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.the young child'sκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μητέραmēteramotherμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the object formG3384a mother.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πορεύουporeuouto travelπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person singular — “to travel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.This verse uses “travel”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.γῆνgēnearthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.ἸσραήλisraēlIsraelἸσραήλnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Israel”, the of-formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.τεθνήκασινtethnēkasinto dieθνῄσκω (thnēskō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to die”, a completed action with a present resultG2348I die, am dying, am dead.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ζητοῦντεςzētountesto seekζητέω (zēteō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to seek”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ψυχὴνpsuchēnlifeψυχή (psuchē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.This verse uses “life”.lifeτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.παιδίουpaidiouchildπαιδίον (paidion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “child”, the of-formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died — those seeking the life of the child.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life.

Young’s Literal Translation

saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died — those seeking the life of the child.'

World English Bible

“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”

Darby Translation

Arise, take to [thee] the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

Douay-Rheims

Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

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