King James Version
Matthew 15:25 in the King James Version says “Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.”
Matthew 15:25 · KJV
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“came she”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“and worshipped”
G4352to fawn or crouch to, i.e., (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore)
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
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