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Matt. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
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
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
he answered
apokrinomai (Greek #611)
to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare 06030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
KJV usage: answer.
Pronounce: ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee
Origin: from 575 and κρίνω
and said
epo (Greek #2036)
to speak or say (by word or writing)
KJV usage: answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: ep'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from 2046, 4483, and 5346)
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grapho (Greek #1125)
to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe
KJV usage: describe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: graf'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, Man
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
h shall
zao (Greek #2198)
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Pronounce: dzah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
live
zao (Greek #2198)
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Pronounce: dzah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
by
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
bread
artos (Greek #740)
bread (as raised) or a loaf
KJV usage: (shew-)bread, loaf.
Pronounce: ar'-tos
Origin: from 142
alone
monos (Greek #3441)
remaining, i.e. sole or single; by implication, mere
KJV usage: alone, only, by themselves.
Pronounce: mon'-os
Origin: probably from 3306
, but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
by
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
every
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
word
rhema (Greek #4487)
an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever
KJV usage: + evil, + nothing, saying, word.
Pronounce: hray'-mah
Origin: from 4483
that proceedeth
ekporeuomai (Greek #1607)
to depart, be discharged, proceed, project
KJV usage: come (forth, out of), depart, go (forth, out), issue, proceed (out of).
Pronounce: ek-por-yoo'-om-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 4198
out
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
of the mouth
stoma (Greek #4750)
the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)
KJV usage: edge, face, mouth.
Pronounce: stom'-a
Origin: probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of 5114
of God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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Deut. 8:3•  (Deut. 8:3)

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Matt. 4:7,10• 7{i}Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.{/i}
 10{i}Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.{/i} (Matt. 4:7,10)
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Luke 4:4,8,12• 4And Jesus answered unto him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
 8And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
 12And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God. (Luke 4:4,8,12)
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Rom. 15:4• 4For as many things as were written before were written for our instruction, that through endurance and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope. (Rom. 15:4)
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Eph. 6:17• 17and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word; (Eph. 6:17)
Man.
Deut. 8:3•  (Deut. 8:3)
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Luke 4:4• 4And Jesus answered unto him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. (Luke 4:4)
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Matt. 14:16‑21• 16{i}But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give ye them to eat.{/i}
 17And they say to him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes.
 18And he said, Bring them hither to me.
 19And he commanded the crowd to recline on the grass, took the five loaves and the two fishes, looked up to heaven, and blessed; and having broken he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
 20And they all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over of the fragments, twelve baskets full.
 21And the eaters were about five thousand, apart from women and children. (Matt. 14:16‑21)
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Ex. 16:8,15,35•  (Ex. 16:8,15,35)
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Ex. 23:15•  (Ex. 23:15)
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1 Kings 17:12‑16•  (1 Kings 17:12‑16)
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2 Kings 4:42‑44•  (2 Kings 4:42‑44)
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2 Kings 7:1‑2•  (2 Kings 7:1‑2)
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Hag. 2:16‑19•  (Hag. 2:16‑19)
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Mal. 3:9‑11•  (Mal. 3:9‑11)
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Mark 6:38‑44• 38{i}A{/i}nd he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
 39{i}And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.{/i}
 40{i}And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.{/i}
 41{i}And{/i} when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and kept giving them to his disciples to set before them. And the two fishes he divided among all.
 42And they all ate and were satisfied.
 43And they took up twelve hand-baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.
 44And they that ate of the loaves were five thousand men. (Mark 6:38‑44)
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Mark 8:4‑9• 4{i}And his disciples answered him,{/i} Whence will one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?
 5{i}And he asked them,{/i} How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
 6{i}And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, that they might set [them] before [them]; and they set [them] before the crowd.{/i}
 7{i}And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].{/i}
 8{i}And{/i} they ate and were satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained seven hampers.
 9And they that had eaten were about four thousand, and he sent them away. (Mark 8:4‑9)
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John 6:5‑15• 5Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great crowd cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?
 6But this he said, trying him, for he himself knew what he was about to do.
 7Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred pence are not sufficient for them, that each of them may have some little.
 8One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him,
 9There is a little boy here that hath five barley-loaves and two fishes; but these, what are they for so many?
 10Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men then sat down in number about five thousand.
 11Jesus then took the loaves and, having given thanks, distributed to those that were set down, and likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.
 12But when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, Gather the fragments that are over, that nothing be lost.
 13They gathered [them] then, and filled twelve baskets with fragments of the five barley-loaves which were over to those that had eaten.
 14The people then, having seen the sign which Jesus did, said, This is truly the prophet that is coming into the world.
 15Jesus then, knowing that they would come and seize him that they might make [him] king, withdrew [again] to the mountain himself alone. (John 6:5‑15)
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John 6:31‑59,63• 31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, according as it is written, Bread out of heaven he gave them to eat.
 32Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Not Moses hath given you the bread out of heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.
 33For the bread of God is he that descendeth out of heaven, and giveth life to the world.
 34They said therefore to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
 35And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall in no wise hunger, and he that believeth on me shall in nowise ever thirst.
 36But I said to you, that ye have even seen me, and do not believe.
 37All that the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.
 38For I am descended from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him that sent me.
 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
 40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day.
 41The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread that came down out of heaven.
 42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then doth he say, I am come down out of heaven?
 43Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.
 44No one can come unto me except the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
 45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one that heard from the Father and learned cometh unto me.
 46Not that anyone hath seen the Father, except he who is of God, he hath seen the Father.
 47Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believeth [on me ] hath life eternal.
 48I am the bread of life.
 49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.
 50This is the bread that cometh down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
 51I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If one shall have eaten of this bread, he shall live forever. Yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
 52The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying How can he give us his flesh to eat?
 53Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
 54He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day;
 55for my flesh is truly food, and my blood is truly drink.
 56He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me and I in him.
 57As the living Father sent me, and I live by reason of the Father, he also that eateth me, even he shall live by reason of me.
 58This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eateth this bread shall live forever.
 59These things said he in [the] synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
 63It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life; (John 6:31‑59,63)
but.That is, as Dr. Campbell renders, "by every thing which God is pleased to appoint;" for [rhema ,] which generally signifies a word, is, by a Hebraism, here taken for a thing, like {davar,} in Hebrew.
• Our Lord refers to the chapter of Deuteronomy, that alludes to the manna, the daily food of Israel, which involved dependence upon God, and showed that Israel did not need the resources of the world to sustain them. (“Remarks on Matthew 4:1-11” by W. Kelly)
• And this was the first great temptation of the devil — the appeal to His earthly natural wants. It was no sin to be hungry; but it would have been a sin to distrust God because of the desert place. (“Remarks on Matthew 4:1-11” by W. Kelly)
• And it is the constant mark of the way of the Holy Ghost in the children of God that they do not use miraculous power for themselves or for their friends. (“Remarks on Matthew 4:1-11” by W. Kelly)
• Miracles had not in themselves the high character of exercising the soul in dependence upon God. To obey God, to submit to Him, to have confidence in Him, is that of which the natural man is incapable. (“Remarks on Matthew 4:1-11” by W. Kelly)
• God's word had led Him there, for the Holy Ghost acts by the word, and He would not leave the wilderness till God's word led Him out. This completely set aside Satan's temptations. But more: it brought out the real secret of living in dependence upon God day by day, for the food of the new life is the word of God. Of what immense importance this shows the written word to be, and having it as our household bread day by day; not merely reading it as a task or formal duty, but, as it is indeed, the divinely-suitable provision for the child of God! (“Remarks on Matthew 4:1-11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But he answering said, It is writtenf, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God’s mouth.

JND Translation Notes

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Deut. 8.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God’s mouth.

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.)