King James Version

Mark 6:44

And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “about” (ὡσεὶ) before five thousand here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἦσανēsanwereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wereοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.φαγόντεςphagontesto eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “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).τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄρτουςartousbreadἄρτος (artos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “bread”, the object formG740bread, a loaf, food.This verse uses “bread”.πεντακισχίλιοιpentakischilioifive thousandπεντακισχίλιοιadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “five thousand”, the subject formG4000five thousand.five thousandἄνδρεςandresmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.men

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ὡσεὶhōseiaboutὡσείpreposition — “about”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “about”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Young’s Literal Translation

and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.

World English Bible

Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Darby Translation

And those that ate of the loaves were five thousand men.

Douay-Rheims

And they that did eat, were five thousand men.

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