Matthew 1:15

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.

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Highlights

2 first appearances in the Greek New Testament

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Ἐλιοὺδ

Elioúd

G1664

“Elim”

Noun, Proper, indeclinable

Appears 2× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 1:14

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: of hebrew origin H410 and G1935

TDNT: None

Eliud = "God his Praise" 1. the son of Achim in the genealogy of Christ. Mt. 1:15

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

15: words
7: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is Ἐλιοὺδ Elim G1664 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

First appearance in Scripture

These words make their first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:

Ἐλεάζαρ Eliakim G1648
Μαθθάν Matthat G3157

Shared distinctive vocabulary

Ἐλιοὺδ Elim G1664 occurs in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Matthew 1:14

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

ἐγέννησεν to beget G1080 ×3
Ἐλεάζαρ Eliakim G1648 ×2
Μαθθάν Matthat G3157 ×2
δὲ but G1161 ×3
τὸν the G3588 ×3

Commentary

Notes on Matthew 1:15 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

Ver. 15. And Eliud begat Eleazar, &c.] These might be private persons, some of them, as Joseph and Mary were; it being the care and the endeavour of the Herods, and those before, that held the Jews in subjection, to suppress as much as might be the posterity of David, at least to keep them in a low condition; forasmuch as it was a certain and received truth among that people, that "Messiah the Prince" {Dan 9:25} should shortly come from that family. And this was that which held up the fainting hearts of the good people of those sad times (when prophecy failed them, and prosperity too), they looked for the "Desire of all nations," for the consolation of Israel, having little else to relieve them, for the external means, unless it were that בת קיל, that echo heard in the temple, they tell us of, which served them for an oracle; and the miracle of the pool of Bethesda granted by God to strengthen them in the true worship of God, under the persecution of Antiochus and other tyrants, till the days of John Baptist and the Lord Christ.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Eleazar begat Matthan. St. Luke makes Matthat (or Hatthan; the names are from the same root, and in some texts are.identical), to be the son of Levi. This is probably the actual fact. St. Luke seems to have traced the genealogy from Zerubbabel through a younger, son, St. Matthew through an elder. But the elder line failing, Matthan, the son of Levi, of the younger branch, becomes heir to, and is called son or, Eleazar, of the senior line. As the promise of the Messiah was to the house of David, and this was known to every Jew, we need not be surprised to find the families descended from that king preserving most careful records of every branch of the family.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

Connecting Statement:

The author concludes Jesus' genealogy, which began in Matthew 1:1.

Mary, by whom Jesus was born

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Mary, who gave birth to Jesus" (See: Active or Passive)

who is called Christ

This can be stated in active form. AT: "whom people call Christ" (See: Active or Passive)

fourteen

"14" (See: Numbers)

deportation to Babylon

Use the same wording you used in Matthew 1:11.

translationWords

Joseph (NT)

Mary

Jesus

Christ

generation

Abraham

David

Babylon

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

International Critical Commentary

(E) 15. And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob.]

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Matthew, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 15 words (7 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Elioúd (“Elim”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “Elim” (Elioúd) shape what this verse is saying?
2 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
How does Matthew 1:14, which shares the word «Elim», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “to beget” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Pulpit Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

2 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
“to beget” occurs 3× in this single verse.
7 distinct Greek lemmas span 15 words in this verse.