What Does Matthew 2:23 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“he came”

to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and dwelt”

to house permanently, i.e., reside (literally or figuratively)

“in”

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

“a city”

a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)

“called”

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an

“Nazareth”

nazareth or nazaret, a place in palestine

“that”

what(-ever) how, i.e., in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual)

“it might be fulfilled”

to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute

“which”

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“was spoken”

to utter, i.e., speak or say

“by”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

“which”

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the prophets”

a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“a Nazarene”

a nazoraean, i.e., inhabitant of nazareth; by extension, a christian

“He shall be called”

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)