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Mark 4

Mark 4:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
the earth
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ge (Greek #1093)
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
KJV usage: country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
Pronounce: ghay
Origin: contracted from a primary word
bringeth forth fruit
karpophoreo (Greek #2592)
to be fertile (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: be (bear, bring forth) fruit(-ful).
Pronounce: kar-pof-or-eh'-o
Origin: from 2593
of herself
automatos (Greek #844)
self-moved ("automatic"), i.e. spontaneous
KJV usage: of own accord, of self.
Pronounce: ow-tom'-at-os
Origin: from 846 and the same as 3155
c; first
proton (Greek #4412)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
KJV usage: before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Pronounce: pro'-ton
Origin: neuter of 4413 as adverb (with or without 3588)
d the blade
chortos (Greek #5528)
a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation
KJV usage: blade, grass, hay.
Pronounce: khor'-tos
Origin: apparently a primary word
, then
eita (Greek #1534)
a particle of succession (in time or logical enumeration), then, moreover
KJV usage: after that(-ward), furthermore, then. See also 1899.
Pronounce: i'-tah
Origin: of uncertain affinity
the ear
stachus (Greek #4719)
a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk)
KJV usage: ear (of corn).
Pronounce: stakh'-oos
Origin: from the base of 2476
, after that
eita (Greek #1534)
a particle of succession (in time or logical enumeration), then, moreover
KJV usage: after that(-ward), furthermore, then. See also 1899.
Pronounce: i'-tah
Origin: of uncertain affinity
the
sitos (Greek #4621)
grain, especially wheat
KJV usage: corn, wheat.
Pronounce: see'-tos
Origin: σῖτα (see'-tah) of uncertain derivation
full
pleres (Greek #4134)
replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete
KJV usage: full.
Pronounce: play'-race
Origin: from 4130
corn
sitos (Greek #4621)
grain, especially wheat
KJV usage: corn, wheat.
Pronounce: see'-tos
Origin: σῖτα (see'-tah) of uncertain derivation
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the ear
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
stachus (Greek #4719)
a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk)
KJV usage: ear (of corn).
Pronounce: stakh'-oos
Origin: from the base of 2476
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Gen. 1:11‑12• 11And God said, Let the earth sprout grass, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which [is] in them, on the earth. And it was so.
 12And the earth sprouted grass , herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which [is] in them after their kind. And God saw that [it was] good. (Gen. 1:11‑12)
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Eccl. 3:1,11• 1To all is a season,{HR}And a time to every purpose under the heavens:
 11He hath made everything beautiful in its time:{HR}Also he hath set the world in their heart,{HR}Yet so that man cannot find out the work{HR}That God hath done from the beginning even to the end. (Eccl. 3:1,11)

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the earth.
Gen. 1:11‑12• 11And God said, Let the earth sprout grass, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which [is] in them, on the earth. And it was so.
 12And the earth sprouted grass , herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which [is] in them after their kind. And God saw that [it was] good. (Gen. 1:11‑12)
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Gen. 2:4‑5,9• 4These [are]; the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens.
 5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground,
 9And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowing good and evil. (Gen. 2:4‑5,9)
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Gen. 4:11‑12• 11And now cursed [be] thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength to thee; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be on the earth. (Gen. 4:11‑12)
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Isa. 61:11• 11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isa. 61:11)
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Mark 4:31‑32• 31{i}As to a grain of mustard [seed], which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,{/i}
 32{i}and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.{/i} (Mark 4:31‑32)
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Psa. 1:3• 3And he is as a tree planted by the waterbrooks,{HR}Which yieldeth its fruit in its season,{HR}And its leaf fadeth not;{HR}And all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:3)
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Psa. 92:13‑14• 13Planted in Jehovah's house,{HR}In the courts of our God, they shall flourish.
 14Still shall they bear fruit in old age;{HR}Fat and green shall they be; (Psa. 92:13‑14)
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Prov. 4:18• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)
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Eccl. 3:1,11• 1To all is a season,{HR}And a time to every purpose under the heavens:
 11He hath made everything beautiful in its time:{HR}Also he hath set the world in their heart,{HR}Yet so that man cannot find out the work{HR}That God hath done from the beginning even to the end. (Eccl. 3:1,11)
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Hos. 6:3• 3{i}And we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.{/i} (Hos. 6:3)
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Phil. 1:6,9‑11• 6being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ;
 9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
 10that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be pure and without offense against [the] day of Christ,
 11being filled with the fruit of righteousness that [is] by Jesus Christ unto God's praise and glory. (Phil. 1:6,9‑11)
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Col. 1:10• 10to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God, (Col. 1:10)
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1 Thess. 3:12‑13• 12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another and toward all, even as we also toward you;
 13in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. (1 Thess. 3:12‑13)
blade.
Matt. 13:26• 26{i}But when the blade shot up and produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also.{/i} (Matt. 13:26)
• {v.28-29} He was personally engaged in the sowing and in the harvest. In the interval, all went on apparently as if left to itself, really without the interference of the Lord in Person. (“Mark 4” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

W. Kelly Translation

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[Fora] the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then an ear, then the full corn in the ear.

WK Translation Notes

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Edd. and several MSS. omit.