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Matthew 4

Matt. 4:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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
when he had fasted
nesteuo (Greek #3522)
to abstain from food (religiously)
KJV usage: fast.
Pronounce: nace-tyoo'-o
Origin: from 3523
forty
tessarakonta (Greek #5062)
forty
KJV usage: forty.
Pronounce: tes-sar-ak'-on-tah
Origin: the decade of 5064
days
hemera (Greek #2250)
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
KJV usage: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.
Pronounce: hay-mer'-ah
Origin: feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle
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
forty
tessarakonta (Greek #5062)
forty
KJV usage: forty.
Pronounce: tes-sar-ak'-on-tah
Origin: the decade of 5064
nights
nux (Greek #3571)
"night" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (mid-)night.
Pronounce: noox
Origin: a primary word
, he was
peinao (Greek #3983)
to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
KJV usage: be an hungered.
Pronounce: pi-nah'-o
Origin: from the same as 3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")
afterward
husteron (Greek #5305)
more lately, i.e. eventually
KJV usage: afterward, (at the) last (of all).
Pronounce: hoos'-ter-on
Origin: neuter of 5306 as adverb
an hungred
peinao (Greek #3983)
to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
KJV usage: be an hungered.
Pronounce: pi-nah'-o
Origin: from the same as 3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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fasted.
Ex. 24:18•  (Ex. 24:18)
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Ex. 34:28•  (Ex. 34:28)
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Deut. 9:9,18,25•  (Deut. 9:9,18,25)
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Deut. 18:18•  (Deut. 18:18)
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1 Kings 19:8•  (1 Kings 19:8)
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Luke 4:2• 2{i}tempted of the devil;{/i} and in those days he did not eat anything; and when they were finished, he hungered. (Luke 4:2)
he was.
Matt. 21:18• 18{i}But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.{/i} (Matt. 21:18)
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Mark 11:12• 12And on the morrow, when they came out from Bethany, he was hungry; (Mark 11:12)
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John 4:6• 6Now a fountain of Jacob was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with the journeying sat thus at the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. (John 4:6)
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Heb. 2:14‑17• 14Since then the little children are partakers of blood and flesh, he also in like manner took part of the same, that through death he might annul him that hath the might of death, that is, the devil;
 15and might set free all those who through fear of death were through all their life subject to bondage.
 16For verily not of angels doth he take hold but of Abraham's seed he taketh hold.
 17Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people; (Heb. 2:14‑17)
• But though the temptations of our Lord which we have here were from without, still Satan adapted them to the circumstances in which our Lord then stood. (“Remarks on Matthew 4:1-11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.

W. Kelly Translation

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and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)