Matthew 4:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Γῆ Ζαβουλὼν, καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ, ὁδὸν θαλάσσης, πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν Ἐθνῶν·

Transliteration

Gē Zaboulōn, and gē Nephthaleim, hodon thalassēs, peran tou Iordanou, Galilaia tōn Ethnōn;

Grammar Details

*Gē*: nominative, feminine, singular - land
*Zaboulōn*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Zebulun [tribe name]
*gē*: nominative, feminine, singular - land
*Nephthaleim*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Naphtali [tribe name]
*hodon*: accusative, feminine, singular - way/road [adverbial]
*thalassēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the sea
*peran*: adverb/preposition + genitive - beyond
*tou Iordanou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Jordan
*Galilaia*: nominative, feminine, singular - Galilee
*tōn Ethnōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of the Gentiles/nations

Word Meanings

*Gē*: land/territory/earth
*hodon*: way/road/along [the way of]
*thalassēs*: sea/lake
*peran*: beyond/across
*Galilaia*: Galilee [region]
*Ethnōn*: Gentiles/nations/peoples

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 9:1 : 1 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.
Josh 20:7 : 7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
Josh 21:32 : 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
1 Kgs 9:11 : 11 ( Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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