What Does Luke 3:31 Mean in the King James?
Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
David’s name carries “beloved,” and this verse places the beloved within a chain of sons.
THE MEANING
David appears here as both a name with meaning and a person in relation to those before him. Read now, the line makes belonging visible as something carried through relationships across generations. A person can be remembered by name while remaining part of a larger story.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that a person’s significance begins with standing alone: this line places David within relationships that extend beyond him.
THE ROOT
Δαυὶδ
Dauid
GROWS FROM
Δαυίδ
This is David’s name as it appears in Greek; its Hebrew source, דָּוִד (Dāwīd), is commonly linked with דּוֹד (dōd), meaning “beloved.”
The Greek name carries a Hebrew name-nature: “David” holds the sense of beloved. Here, the beloved is also a son within a line, so the name and the relationship belong together.
ALSO GROWS
dōd: Beloved; also uncle in some contexts.
דּוֹד
This Hebrew word shares the consonants associated with David’s name and makes the name’s sense of beloved visible.
Dāwīd: David, the name commonly connected with “beloved.”
דָּוִד
The name itself carries that meaning into the genealogy, where David is placed in relation to the names around him.
THE PATTERN
Scripture carries identity and belonging through relationships that extend across generations.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.THE THREAD
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.The same chain of “son of” relationships that places David among his ancestors continues through Adam to God. The repeated form widens the genealogy from one family line to a statement about human origin.
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