Matthew 2:12
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.”
χρηματίζω
having been divinely warned
to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of G5530 (χράομαι)), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of G5532 (χρεία)) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title
ὁδός
route
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ὁδός
Not a way among many ways. The way. In the ancient world, hodos meant a road that had been walked and proven. Jesus is not giving directions — He is saying: I am the road itself. Walk in Me and you will arrive.
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χώρα
country
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χώρα
room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
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Ἡρώδης
Herod,
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Ἡρώδης
heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
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ὄναρ
a dream
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ὄναρ
a dream
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