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Matthew 2:5

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

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οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “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 G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).they saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himἘνenInἐνpreposition — “In”G1722in, on, among.InΒηθλέεμbēthleemBethlehemΒηθλέεμnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “Bethlehem”, the to- or for-formG965Bethlehem, a town of Judea.Bethlehemτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasof JudaeaἸουδαία (ioudaia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Judaea”, the of-formG2449Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem.of Judaeaοὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω(ς)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.thusγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.γέγραπταιgegraptaiit is writtenγράφω (graphō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “it is written”, a completed action with a present resultG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).it is writtenδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “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 prophet

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

Young’s Literal Translation

And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

World English Bible

They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

Darby Translation

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:

Douay-Rheims

But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

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