the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)ἡμέραις
hēméra
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)ἐκείναις
ekeînos
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixedπαραγίνεται
paragínomai
to become near, i.e. approach (have arrived); by implication, to appear publiclyἸωάννης
Iōánnēs
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelitesὁ
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)βαπτιστὴς
Baptistḗs
a baptizer, as an epithet of Christ's forerunnerκηρύσσων
kērýssō
to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)ἐν
en
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.τῇ
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)ἐρήμῳ
érēmos
deserted, desolate, a desertτῆς
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)Ἰουδαίας
Ioudaía
the Judæan land (i.e. Judæa), a region of Palestine
Matthew 3:1 · Greek NT (SBLGNT)
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In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea [along the western side of the Dead Sea] and saying,
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