Matthew 1:17
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.This verse in the real world
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- δεκατέσσαρεςdekatéssaresten and four, i.e. fourteen
- μετοικεσίαmetoikesíaa change of abode, i.e. (specially), expatriation
- ΒαβυλώνBabylṓnBabylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
- γενεάgeneáa generation; by implication, an age (the period or the persons)
- ΔαβίδDabídDabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
- ἈβραάμAbraámAbraham, the Hebrew patriarch
- ἕωςhéōsa conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
- ΧριστόςChristósanointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.