King James Version

Matthew 2:8

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπέμψαςpempsashe sentπέμπω (pempō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he sent”, a single actionG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.he sentαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toΒηθλέεμbēthleemBethlehemΒηθλέεμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Bethlehem”, the object formG965Bethlehem, a town of Judea.Bethlehemεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “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).and saidΠορευθέντεςporeuthentesGoπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “Go”, a single actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.Goἐξετάσατεexetasateand searchἐξετάζω (exetazō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “and search”, a single actionG1833I examine, question, inquire at, search out.and searchἀκριβῶςakribōsdiligentlyἀκριβῶςadverb — “diligently”G199carefully, exactly, strictly, distinctly.diligentlyπερὶperiforπερίpreposition — “for”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.forτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.παιδίουpaidiouyoung childπαιδίον (paidion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “young child”, the of-formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.the young childἐπὰνepanwhenἐπάνconjunction — “when”G1875after, when, as soon as.This verse uses “when”.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εὕρητεheurēteye have foundεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye have found”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.ye have foundἀπαγγείλατέapangeilatehim, bringἀπαγγέλλω (apangellō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “him, bring”, a single actionG518I report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare.him, bringμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meὅπωςhopōsthatὅπωςconjunction — “that”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.thatκἀγὼkagōand Iκἀγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “and I”, the subject formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).alsoἐλθὼνelthōnto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.προσκυνήσωproskunēsōto worshipπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to worship”, a single actionG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone — inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him , bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone — inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

World English Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”

Darby Translation

and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found [him] bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.

Douay-Rheims

And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.

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