Matthew 2:4

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And when he had

אָסַף

ʼâçaph

H622

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

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all the

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh

H7218

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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כֹּהֵן

kôhên

H3548

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

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and

סָפַר

çâphar

H5608

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate

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of the

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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יַחַד

yachad

H3162

properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

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he

שְׁאֵל

shᵉʼêl

H7593

{to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand}

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of them where

Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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should be

יָלַד

yâlad

H3205

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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Key Terms in This Verse

demanded H7593

שְׁאֵל shᵉʼêl

{to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand}

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scribes H5608

סָפַר çâphar

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate

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born H3205

יָלַד yâlad

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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gathered H622

אָסַף ʼâçaph

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

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chief H7218

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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priests H3548

כֹּהֵן kôhên

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

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together H3162

יַחַד yachad

properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

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Christ G5547

Χριστός Christós

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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people H5971

עַם ʻam

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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Cross References

Matthew 21:23 cross-reference

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Acts 23:9 cross-reference

And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight a...

Acts 6:12 cross-reference

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Matthew 7:29 cross-reference

For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Acts 4:5 cross-reference

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

John 7:32 cross-reference

The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

John 3:10 cross-reference

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Luke 20:19 cross-reference

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

John 18:3 cross-reference

Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Luke 23:10 cross-reference

And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

John 8:3 cross-reference

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

Jeremiah 8:8 cross-reference

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

Mark 8:31 cross-reference

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Matthew 26:3 cross-reference

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Ezra 10:5 cross-reference

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

2 Chronicles 34:13 cross-reference

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

Matthew 21:15 cross-reference

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,

2 Chronicles 36:14 cross-reference

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 12:7 cross-reference

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

Malachi 2:7 cross-reference

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 13:52 cross-reference

Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Ezra 7:6 cross-reference

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G...

2 Chronicles 34:15 cross-reference

And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

Matthew 26:47 cross-reference

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Psalm 2:2 cross-reference

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

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