Matthew 1:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰεσσαὶ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Δαυίδ τὸν βασιλέα· Δαυίδ δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σολομῶνα ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Οὐρίου·

Transliteration

Iessai de egennēsen the David the basilea; David de the basileus egennēsen the Solomōna from the [wife] of the Ouriou;

Grammar Details

• *Iessai*: nominative, masculine, proper name - Jesse
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *egennēsen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - begot/fathered
• *David*: accusative, masculine, proper name - David
• *basilea*: accusative, masculine, singular - king
• *basileus*: nominative, masculine, singular - king
• *Solomōna*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Solomon
• *ek*: preposition governing genitive - from/out of
• *tēs*: genitive, feminine, singular, article - the
• *tou*: genitive, masculine, singular, article - of the
• *Ouriou*: genitive, masculine, proper name - of Uriah

Word Meanings

• *egennēsen*: begot/fathered/became the ancestor of
• *ek tēs tou Ouriou*: from her of Uriah/from the [wife] of Uriah
• *basileus*: king/ruler/sovereign

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
• 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
• 2 Sam 12:24-25 : 24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
• 2 Sam 23:1 : 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
• 2 Sam 23:39 : 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
• 1 Kgs 1:11-17 : 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
• 1 Kgs 1:28-31 : 28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. 31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
• 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
• 1 Chr 2:15 : 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
• 1 Chr 3:5 : 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
• 1 Chr 11:41 : 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
• 1 Chr 14:4 : 4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
• 1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons,(for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
• Ps 72:20 : 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended{H8795)}.
• Isa 11:1 : 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
• Acts 13:22-23 : 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
• 1 Sam 16:11-13 : 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
• Ruth 4:22 : 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
• 1 Sam 17:58 : 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
• 1 Sam 20:30-31 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
• 1 Sam 22:8 : 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
• 2 Sam 11:3 : 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
• 2 Sam 11:26-27 : 26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.