Micah 5:2

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But thou

בֵּית לֶחֶם

Bêyth Lechem

H1035

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

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אֶפְרָת

ʼEphrâth

H672

Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;

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כִּי

kîy

H3588

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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thou be

מְעַט

mᵉʻaṭ

H4592

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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the

אֶלֶף

ʼeleph

H505

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

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of

יְהוּדָה

Yᵉhûwdâh

H3063

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

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עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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out of thee shall he

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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יָצָא

yâtsâʼ

H3318

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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unto me that is to be

שַׂר

sar

H8269

a head person (of any rank or class)

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in

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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אָשֻׁר

ʼâshur

H838

a step

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יָצָא

yâtsâʼ

H3318

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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have been from of

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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from

עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm

H5769

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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Key Terms in This Verse

Ephratah H672

אֶפְרָת ʼEphrâth

Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;

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goings H838

אָשֻׁר ʼâshur

a step

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Bethlehem H1035

בֵּית לֶחֶם Bêyth Lechem

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

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thousands H505

אֶלֶף ʼeleph

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

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ruler H8269

שַׂר sar

a head person (of any rank or class)

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everlasting H5769

עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

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though H3588

כִּי kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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little H4592

מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

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whose H834

אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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old H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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Cross References

Matthew 2:6 cross-reference

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

John 7:42 cross-reference

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Psalm 90:2 cross-reference

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Genesis 49:10 cross-reference

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Isaiah 11:1 cross-reference

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

Colossians 1:17 cross-reference

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Zechariah 9:9 cross-reference

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ...

1 Samuel 17:12 cross-reference

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.

Revelation 19:16 cross-reference

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Genesis 48:7 cross-reference

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the s...

Hebrews 7:14 cross-reference

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Ruth 4:11 cross-reference

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Isra...

Amos 9:11 cross-reference

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

1 Chronicles 5:2 cross-reference

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

Hebrews 13:8 cross-reference

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Jeremiah 30:21 cross-reference

And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his hea...

1 Samuel 10:19 cross-reference

And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselve...

Isaiah 53:2 cross-reference

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Matthew 28:18 cross-reference

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Luke 23:2 cross-reference

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

1 Chronicles 2:54 cross-reference

The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

Exodus 18:21 cross-reference

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of ...

Genesis 35:19 cross-reference

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 4:4 cross-reference

And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 23:23 cross-reference

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land...

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