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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. (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 Matthew 4:2 word 1

νηστεύσαςnēsteusashaving fasted

Lemma: νηστεύω (nēsteuō) · Strong's: G3522

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-AAP-NSM)

Meaning: to fast — νηστεύω; (νῆστις), [in LXX for צוּם ; ] ; to fast (Arist., Aristoph., al.): Mat.4:2 6:16-18 9:14-15 Mrk.2:18-20, Luk.5:33-35 18:12, Act.13:2-3.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 21 times. Also: Matthew 6:16, Matthew 6:17, Matthew 6:18, Matthew 9:14, Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3522; TFLSJ G3522; TAGNT Matthew 4:2 word 2

ἡμέραςhēmerasdays

Lemma: ἡμέρα (hēmera) · Strong's: G2250

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (N-APF)

Meaning: day — ἡμέρα, -ας, ἡ, ; [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for יוֹם ; ] ; day; 1. as distinct from night: genitive ἡμέρας, by day (WM, §30, 11), Rev.21:25; ἡ. κ. νυκτός (ν. κ. ̔ἡ.), Act.9:24, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8, Rev.4:8 (BL, §36, 13);…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 392 times. Also: Matthew 2:1, Matthew 3:1, Matthew 6:34, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 9:15, Matthew 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2250; TFLSJ G2250; TAGNT Matthew 4:2 word 3

τεσσεράκονταtesserakontaforty

Lemma: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarakonta) · Strong's: G5062

Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)

Meaning: forty — τεσσεράκοντα (Rec. τεσσαρ-, v, WH, App., 150; M, Pr., 45 f.; Thackeray, Gr., 62 f., 73 f.), οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl., ; forty: Mat.4:2, Mrk.1:13, Luk.4:2, Jhn.2:20, Act.1:3, al ; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 21 times. Also: Mark 1:13, Luke 4:2, John 2:20, Acts 1:3, Acts 4:22, Acts 7:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5062; TFLSJ G5062; TAGNT Matthew 4:2 word 4

καὶkaiand

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

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 Matthew 4:2 word 5

νύκταςnuktasnights

Lemma: νύξ (nux) · Strong's: G3571

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (N-APF)

Meaning: night — νύξ genitive νυκτός, ἡ, ; [in LXX chiefly for לַיִל ; ] ; night: Mat.12:40, Mrk.6:48, Jhn.13:30, al.; genitive temp. (of the time within which something happens; M, Pr., 73; B1., § 36, 13), νυκτός, by night, Mat.2:14,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 65 times. Also: Matthew 2:14, Matthew 12:40, Matthew 14:25, Matthew 25:6, Matthew 26:31, Matthew 26:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3571; TFLSJ G3571; TAGNT Matthew 4:2 word 6

τεσσεράκονταtesserakontaforty

Lemma: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarakonta) · Strong's: G5062

Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 21 times. Also: Mark 1:13, Luke 4:2, John 2:20, Acts 1:3, Acts 4:22, Acts 7:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5062; TFLSJ G5062; TAGNT Matthew 4:2 word 7

ὕστερονhusteronafterward

Lemma: ὕστερος (husteros) · Strong's: G5306

Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter · Comparative (A-ASN-C)

Meaning: later — ὕστερος, -α, -ον ; [in LXX for אַחֲרוֹן and cogn. forms ; ] ; latter, later: ἐν ὑ. καιροῖς, 1Ti.4:1 (on the reading ὁ ὕ., WH, for ὁ πρῶτος, see WH, App., in l). Neut., τὸ ὕ., used adverbially instead of ὑστέρως,…

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Used 13 times. Also: Matthew 21:29, Matthew 21:32, Matthew 21:37, Matthew 22:27, Matthew 25:11, Matthew 26:60 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5306; TFLSJ G5306; TAGNT Matthew 4:2 word 8

ἐπείνασεν.epeinasenHe was hungry.

Lemma: πεινάω (peinaō) · Strong's: G3983

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)

Meaning: to hunger — πεινάω, -ῶ ; [in LXX chiefly for = רָעֵב ; ] ; to hunger, be hungry: Mat.4:2 12:1, 3 21:18 25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Mrk.2:25 11:12, Luk.1:53 4:2 6:3, Rom.12:20" (LXX), 1Co.4:11 11:21 11:34 Php.4:12, Rev.7:16;…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 23 times. Also: Matthew 5:6, Matthew 12:1, Matthew 12:3, Matthew 21:18, Matthew 25:35, Matthew 25:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3983; TFLSJ G3983; TAGNT Matthew 4:2 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

After fasting	→	νηστεύω G3522 to fast
forty	→	τεσσαράκοντα G5062 forty
days	→	ἡμέρα G2250 day
and	→	καί G2532 and
forty	→	τεσσαράκοντα G5062 forty
nights	→	νύξ G3571 night
He was hungry	→	πεινάω G3983 to hunger

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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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