John 4:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©GreekStrong'sOrigin
And He hadἜδει
(edei)
1163: it is necessarya form of deó
to pass throughδιέρχεσθαι
(dierchesthai)
1330: to go through, go about, to spreadfrom dia and erchomai
Samaria.Σαμαρείας
(samareias)
4540: Samaria, the name of both a city and a region in Pal.of Hebrew origin Shomron


















KJV Lexicon
εδει  verb - imperfect impersonal active indicative - third person singular
dei  die:  also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding) -- behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.
δε  conjunction
de  deh:  but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
αυτον  personal pronoun - accusative singular masculine
autos  ow-tos':  the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
διερχεσθαι  verb - present middle or passive deponent infinitive
dierchomai  dee-er'-khom-ahee:  to traverse (literally) -- come, depart, go (about, abroad, everywhere, over, through, throughout), pass (by, over, through, throughout), pierce through, travel, walk through.
δια  preposition
dia  dee-ah':  through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
της  definite article - genitive singular feminine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
σαμαρειας  noun - genitive singular feminine
Samareia  sam-ar'-i-ah:  Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Palestine -- Samaria.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And He had to pass through Samaria.

King James Bible
And he must needs go through Samaria.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He had to travel through Samaria,

International Standard Version
Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

NET Bible
But he had to pass through Samaria.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But it was necessary for him to come and pass through Samaria.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus had to go through Samaria.

King James 2000 Bible
And he must needs go through Samaria.
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