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Matthew 15

Matt. 15:37 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
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
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
they did
phago (Greek #5315)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: eat, meat.
Pronounce: fag'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used as an alternate of 2068 in certain tenses)
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
eat
phago (Greek #5315)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: eat, meat.
Pronounce: fag'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used as an alternate of 2068 in certain tenses)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
were filled
chortazo (Greek #5526)
to fodder, i.e. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
KJV usage: feed, fill, satisfy.
Pronounce: khor-tad'-zo
Origin: from 5528
: and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
they took up
airo (Greek #142)
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare 05375) to expiate sin
KJV usage: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Pronounce: ah'-ee-ro
Origin: a primary root
of the broken
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
klasma (Greek #2801)
a piece (bit)
KJV usage: broken, fragment.
Pronounce: klas'-mah
Origin: from 2806
meat that was left
perisseuo (Greek #4052)
to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
KJV usage: (make, more) abound, (have, have more) abundance (be more) abundant, be the better, enough and to spare, exceed, excel, increase, be left, redound, remain (over and above).
Pronounce: per-is-syoo'-o
Origin: from 4053
seven
hepta (Greek #2033)
seven
KJV usage: seven.
Pronounce: hep-tah'
Origin: a primary number
baskets
spuris (Greek #4711)
a hamper or lunch-receptacle
KJV usage: basket.
Pronounce: spoo-rece'
Origin: from 4687 (as woven)
full
pleres (Greek #4134)
replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete
KJV usage: full.
Pronounce: play'-race
Origin: from 4130
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Matt. 15:33• 33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? (Matt. 15:33)
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Matt. 14:20‑21• 20And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
 21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. (Matt. 14:20‑21)
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Psa. 107:9• 9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. (Psa. 107:9)
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Luke 1:53• 53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. (Luke 1:53)
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Matt. 16:9‑10• 9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
 10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? (Matt. 16:9‑10)
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Mark 8:8‑9,19‑21• 8So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
 9And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
 19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
 20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
 21And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? (Mark 8:8‑9,19‑21)
• Here the Lord, out of His own heart, is providing fully even for their bodily refreshment. This will be the character of the millennial day, when not only the soul will be blessed, but when every kind of mercy will abound; God vindicating His earth from the hand of Satan, who had long defiled it. In the seven loaves before they ate, and the seven baskets of fragments taken up after they had eaten, you have the idea of completeness, an ample store for the present and for wants to come. (“Remarks on Matthew 15:21-39” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven basketsb full;

JND Translation Notes

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Larger than the "hand-basket" in ch. 16.9. It is particularly a "fish-basket."

W. Kelly Translation

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And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.