MARK 6:38

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“He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.”

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Mark 6:38 Translation & Meaning

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He The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) He
saith λέγει Properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean saith
unto them, αὐτοῖς The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons unto them
How many Πόσους Interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many) How many
loaves ἄρτους Bread (as raised) or a loaf loaves
have ye? ἔχετε To hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition) have ye
go ὑπάγετε To lead (oneself) under, i.e., withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively go
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
see. ἴδετε Used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know see
And καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words And
when they knew, γνόντες To "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed) knew
they say, λέγουσιν Properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean say
Five, Πέντε "five" Five
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
two δύο "two" two
fishes. ἰχθύας A fish fishes

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  • 36  Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

  • 37  He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

  • 38  He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

  • 39  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

  • 40  And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.




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