King James Version

Luke 9:13

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.

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εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).he saidδὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτούςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.Δότεdoteto giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.αὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὑμεῖςhumeisyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “you”, the subject formG4771you.φαγεῖνphageinto eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).they saidΟὐκoukhave noοὐ (ou)adverb — “have no”G3756no, not.have noεἰσὶνeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).πλεῖονpleionmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, neuter — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).moreἢēbutἤconjunction — “but”G2228or, than.butἄρτοιartoiloavesἄρτος (artos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “loaves”, the subject formG740bread, a loaf, food.loavesπέντεpentefiveπέντεadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “five”, the subject formG4002five.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰχθύεςichthuesfishesἰχθύς (ichthus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “fishes”, the subject formG2486a fish.fishesδύοduotwoδύοadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “two”, the subject formG1417two.εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μήτιmētiexceptμήτιparticle — “except”G3385if not, unless, whether at all.exceptπορευθέντεςporeuthentesshould goπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “should go”, a single actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.should goἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἀγοράσωμενagorasōmenand buyἀγοράζω (agorazō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “and buy”, a single actionG59I buy.and buyεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forπάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαὸνlaonpeopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.peopleτοῦτονtoutonthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.βρώματαbrōmatafoodβρῶμα (brōma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “food”, the object formG1033food of any kind.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

World English Bible

But he said to them, “ You give them something to eat .” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”

Darby Translation

And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;

Douay-Rheims

But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps we should go and buy food for all this multitude.

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