Matthew 4:15
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Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

Galilee.

Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.

Joshua 21:32 Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three cities.

1 Kings 9:11 (Hiram, the king of Tyre, furnishing Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and gold, according to all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Phacee, king of Israel, came Theglathphalasar, king of Assyria, and took Aion, and Abel Domum Maacha, and Janoe, and Cedes, and Asor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and all the land of Nephthali: and carried them captives into Assyria.

Context
Jesus Begins His Ministry
14That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet: 15Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: 16The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.…
Cross References
Isaiah 9:1
At the first time the land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephtali was lightly touched: and at the last the way of the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee of the Gentiles was heavily loaded.

Matthew 4:13
And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and of Nephthalim;

Matthew 4:14
That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet:

Matthew 4:25
And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him.

Lexicon
“Land
Γῆ (Gē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

of Zebulun
Ζαβουλὼν (Zaboulōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2194: Of Hebrew origin; Zabulon, a region of Palestine.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

land
γῆ (gē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

of Naphtali,
Νεφθαλίμ (Nephthalim)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3508: Naphtali, son of Jacob, founder of a tribe which occupied territory. Of Hebrew origin; Nephthaleim, a tribe in Palestine.

[the] way
ὁδὸν (hodon)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.

to [the] sea,
θαλάσσης (thalassēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea.

beyond
πέραν (peran)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4008: Over, on the other side, beyond. Apparently accusative case of an obsolete derivative of peiro; through, i.e. Across.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Jordan,
Ἰορδάνου (Iordanou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2446: Of Hebrew origin; the Jordanes, a river of Palestine.

Galilee
Γαλιλαία (Galilaia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1056: Of Hebrew origin; Galiloea, a region of Palestine.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Gentiles—
ἐθνῶν (ethnōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.


Additional Translations
“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--

The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

"Zebulun's land and Naphtali's land; the road by the Lake; the country beyond the Jordan; Galilee of the Nations!

"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --
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