King James Version

Matthew 2:6

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andσύsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouΒηθλέεμbēthleemBethlehemΒηθλέεμnoun, vocative, singular, feminine — “Bethlehem”, the calling formG965Bethlehem, a town of Judea.Bethlehemγῆgēin the landγῆnoun, vocative, singular, feminine — “in the land”, the calling formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.in the landἸούδαioudaJudahἸούδας (Ioúdas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Judah”, the of-formG2455Judah, Judas, Jude.This verse uses “Judah”.Strong’s files this form under G2448 (Ἰουδά).of Judaοὐδαμῶςoudamōsnotοὐδαμῶςadverb — “not”G3760by no means, not at all.notἐλαχίστηelachistēleastἐλάχιστος (elachistos)adjective, superlative, nominative, singular, feminine — “least”, the subject formG1646least, smallest, but perhaps oftener in the weaker sense: very little, very small.This verse uses “least”.the leastεἶeito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡγεμόσινhēgemosinprincesἡγεμών (hēgemōn)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “princes”, the to- or for-formG2232a leader, guide; a commander; a governor (of a province); plur: leaders.the princesἸούδαioudaJudahἸούδας (Ioúdas)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Judah”, the of-formG2455Judah, Judas, Jude.This verse uses “Judah”.Strong’s files this form under G2448 (Ἰουδά).of Judaἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofσοῦsoutheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thee”, the of-formG4771you.theeγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐξελεύσεταιexeleusetaishall comeἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall come”, an action still aheadG1831I go out, come out.shall comeἡγούμενοςhēgoumenosa Governorἡγέομαι (hēgeomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “a Governor”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2233(a) I lead, (b) I think, am of opinion, suppose, consider.a Governorὅστιςhostisthatὅστιςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.thatποιμανεῖpoimaneishall ruleποιμαίνω (poimainō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall rule”, an action still aheadG4165I shepherd, tend, herd; hence: I rule, govern.shall ruleτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαόνlaonpeopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.peopleμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸσραήλisraēlIsraelἸσραήλnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Israel”, the object formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.Israel

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

Young’s Literal Translation

And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

World English Bible

‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”

Darby Translation

And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.

Douay-Rheims

And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.

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Micah 5:2 Micah 5:2 · King James VersionBut thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.Micah 5:2 · King James VersionOpen the Source
it is written · born in Bethlehem · NT explicit, early church, Edersheim’s rabbinic list
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.