Matthew 1:18
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶפֶל
nephel
something fallen, i.e. an abortion
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Μαρία
María
Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
μνηστεύω
mnēsteúō
to give a souvenir (engagement present), i.e. betroth
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
גָּוַע
gâvaʻ
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Key Terms in This Verse
μνηστεύω mnēsteúō
to give a souvenir (engagement present), i.e. betroth
Study G3423 →Μαρία María
Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
Study G3137 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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