King James Version

Matthew 4:15

The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

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Γῆgēlandγῆnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “land”, the subject formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.The landΖαβουλὼνzaboulōnof ZabulonΖαβουλώνnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Zabulon”, the of-formG2194Zebulon, one of the sons of Jacob, and founder of one of the twelve tribes.of Zabulonκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγῆgēlandγῆnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “land”, the subject formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.the landΝεφθαλίμnephthalimof NephthalimΝεφθαλίμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Nephthalim”, the of-formG3508Naphtali, son of Jacob, founder of a tribe which occupied territory.of Nephthalimὁδὸνhodonby the wayὁδός (hodos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “by the way”, the object formG3598a way, road, journey, path.by the wayθαλάσσηςthalassēsof the seaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the sea”, the of-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.This verse uses “the sea”.of the seaπέρανperanbeyondπέρανpreposition — “beyond”G4008over, on the other side, beyond.This verse uses “beyond”.beyondτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸορδάνουiordanouJordanἸορδάνης (iordanēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jordan”, the of-formG2446the Jordan, a great river flowing due south and bounding Galilee, Samaria, and Judea on the east.JordanΓαλιλαίαgalilaiaGalileeΓαλιλαίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Galilee”, the subject formG1056Galilee, a district towards the southern end of the Roman province Syria; the northern division of Palestine.Galileeτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐθνῶνethnōnof the Gentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of the Gentiles”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.This verse uses “the Gentiles”.of the Gentiles

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! —

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American Standard Version (1901)

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

Young’s Literal Translation

'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! —

World English Bible

“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

Darby Translation

Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

Douay-Rheims

Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

Quotes

Isaiah 9:2 Isaiah 9:2 · King James VersionThe people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.Isaiah 9:2 · King James VersionOpen the Source
That it might be fulfilled
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Fulfills

Isaiah 9:1 Isaiah 9:1 · King James VersionNevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.Isaiah 9:1 · King James VersionOpen the Source
That it might be fulfilled · light in Galilee of the Gentiles · NT explicit
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

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