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And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
καὶkaiand
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 1
μὴmēnot
Lemma: μή (mē) · Strong's: G3361
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: not — μή, ; subjective negative particle, ; used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1087 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3361; TFLSJ G3361; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 2
εὑρόντεςheuronteshaving found
Lemma: εὑρίσκω (ehuriskō) · Strong's: G2147
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-2AAP-NPM)
Meaning: to find/meet — εὑρίσκω, ; [in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc. ; ] ; to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative, Mat.2:8, Mrk.1:37, Act.13:22, 2Ti.1:17,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 177 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 7:14, Matthew 8:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2147; TFLSJ G2147; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 3
αὐτόνautonHim
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 4
ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanthey returned
Lemma: ὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō) · Strong's: G5290
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-AAI-3P)
Meaning: to return — ὑπο-στρέφω ; [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ], ; 1. trans., to turn back or about (Hem.). ; 2. Intrans., to turn back, return: Luk.2:20, 43 8:37, 40 9:10 10:17 17:15 19:12 23:48, 56, Act.8:28; with inf., Luk.17:18; before…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 35 times. Also: Luke 1:56, Luke 2:20, Luke 2:43, Luke 4:1, Luke 4:14, Luke 7:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5290; TFLSJ G5290; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 5
εἰςeisto
Lemma: εἰς (eis) · Strong's: G1519
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: toward — εἰς, ; prep. with accusative, ; expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative). ; I. Of place. ; 1. After verbs of motion; (a) of entrance into: Mat.8:23,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1796 times. Also: Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1519; TFLSJ G1519; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 6
ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmJerusalem
Lemma: Ἱερουσαλήμ (Hierousalēm) · Strong's: G2419
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine · Location (N-ASF-L)
Meaning: Jerusalem — Ἱερουσαλήμ, see: Ἱεροσόλυμα - (WH, Ἰερ-, see Intr., § 408), -ων, τά (on πᾶσα Ἱ., Mat.2:3, see WM, 794; M, Pr., 48, 244; Thayer, see word), and Ἱερουσαλήμ (WH, Ἰερ-), ἡ., indecl., as always in LXX exc. some parts of…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 77 times. Also: Matthew 23:37, Luke 2:25, Luke 2:38, Luke 2:41, Luke 2:43, Luke 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2419; TFLSJ G2419; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 7
ἀναζητοῦντεςanazētountessearching
Lemma: ἀναζητέω (anazēteō) · Strong's: G0327
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PAP-NPM)
Meaning: to search — ἀνα-ζητέω, -ῶ ; [in LXX: Job.3:4 (דָּרַשׁ), Job.10:6 (בָּקַשׁ pi.), 2Ma.13:21 * ; ] ; to look for or seek carefully ("specially of searching for human beings, with an implication of difficulty": MM, VGT, see word):…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT
Used 3 times. Also: Luke 2:44, Acts 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0327; TFLSJ G0327; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 8
αὐτόν.autonHim.
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Luke 2:45 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When | → | καί G2532 and |
| they could not find [Him] | → | εὑρίσκω G2147 to find/meet |
| they returned | → | ὑποστρέφω G5290 to return |
| to | → | εἰς G1519 toward |
| Jerusalem | → | Ἱερουσαλήμ G2419 Jerusalem |
| to search for | → | ἀναζητέω G0327 to search |
| Him | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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