Mark 6:39 Go deeper
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And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
καὶkaiAnd
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 1
ἐπέταξενepetaxenHe commanded
Lemma: ἐπιτάσσω (epitassō) · Strong's: G2004
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: to command — ἐπι-τάσσω ; [in LXX for אָמַר, צָוָה, etc. ; ] ; to command, charge: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.14:22; with dative of person(s), Mrk.1:27 9:25, Luk.4:36 8:25; id. with accusative of thing(s), Phm 8; id. with inf.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 10 times. Also: Mark 1:27, Mark 6:27, Mark 9:25, Luke 4:36, Luke 8:25, Luke 8:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2004; TFLSJ G2004; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 2
αὐτοῖςautoisthem
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Dative · Plural · Masculine (P-DPM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 3
ἀνακλῖναιanaklinaito recline
Lemma: ἀνακλίνω (anaklinō) · Strong's: G0347
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Infinitive (V-AAN)
Meaning: to recline — ἀνα-κλίνω ; [in LXX: 3Ma.5:16 * ; ] ; to lay upon, lean against, hence, ; (a) to lay down: Luk.2:7; (b) to make to recline: Mrk.6:39, WH, mg., Luk.12:37. Pass., to lie back, recline: Mat.8:11 14:19, Luk.13:29.† ; SYN.:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 6 times. Also: Matthew 8:11, Matthew 14:19, Luke 2:7, Luke 12:37, Luke 13:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0347; TFLSJ G0347; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 4
πάνταςpantasall
Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Masculine (A-APM)
Meaning: all — πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, ; [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ; ] ; all, every. ; I. As adj., ; 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1264 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3956; TFLSJ G3956; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 5
συμπόσιαsumposiagroups
Lemma: συμπόσιον (sumposion) · Strong's: G4849
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)
Meaning: common meal — 1. a drinking-party, symposium , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc. ; 2. the room in which such parties were given, drinking-room , (Lucian) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2 times. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4849; TFLSJ G4849; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 6
συμπόσιαsumposia[by] groups
Lemma: συμπόσιον (sumposion) · Strong's: G4849
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)
Meaning: common meal — 1. a drinking-party, symposium , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc. ; 2. the room in which such parties were given, drinking-room , (Lucian) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2 times. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4849; TFLSJ G4849; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 7
ἐπὶepion
Lemma: ἐπί (epi) · Strong's: G1909
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: upon/to/against — ἐπί (before a smooth breathing ἐπ᾽, before a rough breathing ἐφ᾽), ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative (accusative most frequently in NT), ; with primary sense of superposition, on, upon. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. of…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 905 times. Also: Matthew 1:11, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1909; TFLSJ G1909; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 8
τῷtōthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Masculine (T-DSM)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 9
χλωρῷchlōrōgreen
Lemma: χλωρός (chlōros) · Strong's: G5515
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Singular · Masculine (A-DSM)
Meaning: green — χλωρός, -ά, -όν; (χλόη), [in LXX for יֶרֶק, etc. ; ] ; (a) pale green: χόρτος, Mrk.6:39, Rev.8:7; πᾶν χ., Rev.9:4; (b) pale: ἵππος, Rev.6:8.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 4 times. Also: Revelation 6:8, Revelation 8:7, Revelation 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5515; TFLSJ G5515; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 10
χόρτῳ.chortōgrass.
Lemma: χόρτος (chortos) · Strong's: G5528
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Masculine (N-DSM)
Meaning: grass — χόρτος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc. ; ] ; 1. an enclosure, a feeding place (Hom.). ; 2. food, esp. for cattle, grass: Mat.13:26 14:19, Mrk.4:28 6:39, Luk.12:28, Jhn.6:10, 1Co.3:12,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 15 times. Also: Matthew 6:30, Matthew 13:26, Matthew 14:19, Mark 4:28, Luke 12:28, John 6:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5528; TFLSJ G5528; TAGNT Mark 6:39 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | καί G2532 and |
| [Jesus] directed | → | ἐπιτάσσω G2004 to command |
| them | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| to have [the people] sit | → | ἀνακλίνω G0347 to recline |
| in groups | → | συμπόσιον G4849 common meal |
| on | → | ἐπί G1909 upon/to/against |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| green | → | χλωρός G5515 green |
| grass | → | χόρτος G5528 grass |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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