Mark
Mark 8:2–3
2“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. 3If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Mark 8:2
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I have compassion | Σπλαγχνίζομαι | Splanchnizomai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular | G4697 I have pity on |
| for | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| crowd | ὄχλον | ochlon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3793 a crowd |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| they have already been | προσμένουσίν | prosmenousin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4357 I remain, persist in |
| with Me | μοι | moi | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| three | τρεῖς | treis | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural | G5140 three |
| days | ἡμέραι | hēmerai | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| have | ἔχουσιν | echousin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| nothing | οὐκ | ouk | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| to eat | φάγωσιν | phagōsin | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural | G5315 I eat |
Mark 8:3
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | ἐὰν | ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| I send | ἀπολύσω | apolysō | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular | G630 I release, let go, send away, divorce |
| them | αὐτοὺς | autous | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| home | οἶκον | oikon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3624 a house, household |
| hungry | νήστεις | nēsteis | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3523 fasting, without food |
| they will faint | ἐκλυθήσονται | eklythēsontai | Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural | G1590 I am unstrung, become weak, fail |
| along | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | τῇ | tē | Article - Dative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| way | ὁδῷ | hodō | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G3598 a way, road, journey |
| For | καί | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| some | τινες | tines | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G5100 any one, some one |
| of them | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| have come | ἥκασιν | hēkasin | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2240 I have come, am present |
| a great distance | μακρόθεν | makrothen | Adverb | G3113 from a distance |
Cross-references
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Mark 8:2 Matthew 9:36 · Micah 7:19 · Psalm 145:15 · Psalm 103:13 · Matthew 20:34 · Luke 7:13 · Matthew 14:14 · Mark 6:34 · Hebrews 4:15 · Mark 5:19 · Hebrews 5:2 · Matthew 4:2–4
Mark 8:3 Isaiah 40:31 · Judges 8:4–6 · 1 Samuel 14:28–31 · 1 Samuel 30:10–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.