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Luke 9:14

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← Luke 9:13 [words of Jesus]	Luke 9:14 (KJV) [words of Jesus]	Luke 9:15 →
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.	For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.	And they did so, and made them all sit down.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For^G1063 they were^G2258 about five thousand^G4000 men^G435. And^G1161 he said^G2036 to^G4314 his^G846 disciples^G3101, Make^G2625 them^G846 sit down^G2625 by^G303 fifties^G4004 in a company^G2828.

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Original Greek

ἦσαν γὰρ ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι. εἶπε δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, Κατακλίνατε αὐτοὺς κλισίας ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ἦσαν	ēsan	G2258	V-IAI-3P	they were
γὰρ	gar	G1063	CONJ	For
ὡσεὶ	hōsei	G5616	ADV	about
ἄνδρες	andres	G435	N-NPM	men
πεντακισχίλιοι.	pentakischilioi	G4000	A-NPM	five thousand
εἶπε	eipe	G2036	V-2AAI-3S	he said
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	And
πρὸς	pros	G4314	PREP	to
τοὺς	tous	G3588	T-APM	*
μαθητὰς	mathētas	G3101	N-APM	disciples
αὐτοῦ,	autou	G846	P-GSM	his
Κατακλίνατε	Kataklinate	G2625	V-AAM-2P	Make sit down
αὐτοὺς	autous	G846	P-APM	them
κλισίας	klisias	G2828	N-APF	in a company
ἀνὰ	ana	G303	PREP	by
πεντήκοντα.	pentēkonta	G4004	A-NUI	fifties

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G303 — ἀνά (aná, an-ah'): and, apiece, by, each, every, in, through — a primary preposition and adverb; properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.):--and, apiece, by, each, every (man), in, through. In compounds (as a prefix) it often means (by implication) repetition, intensity, reversal, etc.
• G435 — ἀνήρ (anḗr, an'-ayr): a male human being, a man — a primary word (compare ἄνθρωπος); a man (properly as an individual male):--fellow, husband, man, sir.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• G1063 — γάρ (gár, gar): for — a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles):--and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G2036 — ἔπω (épō, ep'-o): a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
• G2258 — ἦν (ēn, ane): imperfect of εἰμί; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were):--+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
• G2625 — κατακλίνω (kataklínō, kat-ak-lee'-no): I recline, cause to recline — from κατά and κλίνω; to recline down, i.e. (specially) to take a place at table:--(make) sit down (at meat).
• G2828 — κλισία (klisía, klee-see'-ah): a dining couch, group of diners — from a derivative of κλίνω; properly, reclination, i.e. (concretely and specially), a party at a meal:--company.
• G3101 — μαθητής (mathētḗs, math-ay-tes'): a learner, disciple, pupil — from μανθάνω; a learner, i.e. pupil:--disciple.
• G4000 — πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi, pen-tak-is-khil'-ee-oy): five thousand — from πεντάκις and χίλιοι; five times a thousand:--five thousand.
• G4004 — πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta, pen-tay'-kon-tah): fifty — multiplicative of πέντε; fifty:--fifty.
• G4314 — πρός (prós, pros): to, towards, with — a strengthened form of πρό; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated):--about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
• G5616 — ὡσεί (hōseí, ho-si'): as if, as it were, like, about — from ὡς and εἰ; as if:--about, as (it had been, it were), like (as).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Make — Mark 6:39-40, Mark 8:6, 1 Corinthians 14:40

Reciprocal references (3): Matthew 14:19, Matthew 15:35, John 6:10

Related Topics

• Nave’s: FISH, JESUS, THE CHRIST, LOAVES

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