Matthäus 4:16
das Volk, das in der Finsternis saß, hat ein großes Licht gesehen, und die da saßen im Lande und Schatten des Todes, denen ist ein Licht aufgegangen.»This verse in the real world
In what words
- σκιάskiá"shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively (darkness of error or an adumbration))
- ἀνατέλλωanatéllōto (cause to) arise
- χώραchṓraroom, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
- σκότοςskótosshadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
- φῶςphōscompare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or
- θάνατοςthánatos(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
- κάθημαιkáthēmaiand (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος)); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, r
- λαόςlaósa people (in general; thus differing from G1218 (δῆμος), which denotes one's own populace)
+5 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 9:2, Isa 42:6–7, Luk 1:78–79, Isa 60:1–3, Mic 7:8, Psa 107:10–14, Luk 2:32, Amo 5:8