Luke 9:12

Ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν· προσελθόντες δὲ οἱ δώδεκα εἶπον αὐτῷ Ἀπόλυσον τὸν ὄχλον ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κύκλῳ κώμας καὶ τοῦς ἀγροὺς καταλύσωσιν καὶ εὕρωσιν ἐπισιτισμόν ὅτι ὧδε ἐν ἐρήμῳ τόπῳ ἐσμέν
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send away, the multitude that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Ἡ
G3588 T-NSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ἡμέρα
G2250 N-NSF
hēmera
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)
  • the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night
    • in the daytime
      • "metaphorically, ___%___the day___%___ is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness
    of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)"of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom"used of time in general, i.e., the days of his life.
ἤρξατο
G756
archomai
to commence (in order of time)
  • to be the first to do (anything), to begin
    • "to be chief, leader, ruler"to begin, make a beginning
κλίνειν·
G2827 V-PAN
klinō
to slant or slope, i.e., incline or recline (literally or figuratively)
  • transitively
    • to incline, bow
      • "to cause to fall back"to recline
      • in a place for repose
    intransitively
    • to incline one's self
      • of the declining of the day
προσελθόντες
G4334 V-2AAP-NPM
proserchomai
to approach, i.e., (literally) come near, visit, or (figuratively) worship, assent to
  • to come to, approach
    • "draw near to"to assent to
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
οἱ
G3588 T-NPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
δώδεκα
G1427 A-NPM-NUI
dōdeka
two and ten, i.e., a dozen
  • twelve
    • the twelve apostles of Jesus, so called by way of eminence
εἶπον
G2036
epō
to speak or say (by word or writing)
  • to speak, say
αὐτῷ
G846 P-DSM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
Ἀπόλυσον
G630
apolyō
to free fully, i.e., (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce
  • to set free
    • "to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer)
    • a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer
      • "to bid depart, send away
    to let go free, release
    • a captive i.e., to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart
      • "to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty"indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart"to release a debtor, i.e., not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt
    used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate"to send one's self away, to depart
τὸν
G3588 T-ASM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ὄχλον
G3793 N-ASM
ochlos
a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
  • a crowd
    • a casual collection of people
      • a multitude of men who have flocked together in some place
        • "a throng
      a multitude
      • the common people, as opposed to the rulers and leading men
        • "with contempt: the ignorant multitude, the populace
      a multitude
      • the multitudes, seems to denote troops of people gathered together without order
ἵνα
G2443 CONJ
hina
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
  • that, in order that, so that
ἀπελθόντες
G565
aperchomai
to go off (i.e., depart), aside (i.e., apart) or behind (i.e., follow), literally or figuratively
  • to go away, depart
    • to go away in order to follow any one, go after him, to follow his party, follow him as a leader
    to go away
    • of departing evils and sufferings
      • "of good things taken away from one"of an evanescent state of things
εἰς
G1519 PREP
eis
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
  • into, unto, to, towards, for, among
τὰς
G3588 T-APF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
κύκλῳ
G2945 ADV
kyklō
i.e., in a circle (by implication, of G1722), i.e., (adverbially) all around
  • in a circle, around, round about, on all sides
κώμας
G2968 N-APF
kōmē
a hamlet (as if laid down)
  • the common sleeping place to which laborers in the field return, a village
    • "the name of the city near which the villages lie and to whose municipality they belong"the inhabitants of villages
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
τοῦς
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἀγροὺς
G68 N-APM
agros
a field (as a drive for cattle); genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e., hamlet
  • land
    • the field, the country
      • "a piece of land, bit of tillage"the farms, country seats, neighbouring hamlets
καταλύσωσιν
G2647 V-AAS-3P
katalyō
to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e., (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare G2646) to halt for the night
  • to dissolve, disunite
    • (what has been joined together), to destroy, demolish
      • "metaphorically to overthrow i.e., render vain, deprive of success, bring to naught
      • to subvert, overthrow
        • of institutions, forms of government, laws, etc., to deprive of force, annul, abrogate, discard
      of travellers, to halt on a journey, to put up, lodge (the figurative expression originating in the circumstance that, to put up for the night, the straps and packs of the beasts of burden are unbound and taken off; or, more correctly from the fact that the traveller's garments, tied up when he is on the journey, are unloosed at it end)
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
εὕρωσιν
G2147 V-2AAS-3P
heuriskō
to find (literally or figuratively)
  • to come upon, hit upon, to meet with
    • after searching, to find a thing sought
      • "without previous search, to find (by chance), to fall in with"those who come or return to a place
    to find by enquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, to find out by practice and experience
    • to see, learn, discover, understand
      • "to be found i.e., to be seen, be present"to be discovered, recognized, detected, to show one's self out, of one's character or state as found out by others (men, God, or both)"to get knowledge of, come to know, God
    to find out for one's self, to acquire, get, obtain, procure
ἐπισιτισμόν
G1979 N-ASM
episitismos
a provisioning, i.e., (concretely) food
  • foraging, providing food
    • "supplies, provisions, food
ὅτι
G3754 CONJ
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
ὧδε
G5602 ADV
hōde
in this same spot, i.e., here or hither
  • here, to this place, etc.
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
ἐρήμῳ
G2048 A-DSM
erēmos
lonesome, i.e., (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 being implied)
  • solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited
    • used of places
      • a desert, wilderness
        • "deserted places, lonely regions"an uncultivated region fit for pasturage
      used of persons
      • deserted by others
        • "deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred"bereft
        • of a flock deserted by the shepherd
          • "of a women neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself
τόπῳ
G5117 N-DSM
topos
a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e., location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard
  • place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space
    • an inhabited place, as a city, village, district
      • "a place (passage) in a book
    metaphorically
    • the condition or station held by one in any company or assembly
      • "opportunity, power, occasion for acting
ἐσμέν
G2070
esmen
we are
  • first person plural of ___%___to be___%___

Ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν· προσελθόντες δὲ οἱ δώδεκα εἶπον αὐτῷ Ἀπόλυσον τὸν ὄχλον ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κύκλῳ κώμας καὶ τοῦς ἀγροὺς καταλύσωσιν καὶ εὕρωσιν ἐπισιτισμόν ὅτι ὧδε ἐν ἐρήμῳ τόπῳ ἐσμέν
12
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send away, the multitude that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
Cross References

Mark 6:35

Καὶ ἤδη ὥρας πολλῆς γενομένης προσελθόντες αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγουσιν ὅτι Ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος καὶ ἤδη ὥρα πολλή·
35
And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

John 6:1

Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Γαλιλαίας τῆς Τιβεριάδος
1
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

John 6:5

ἐπάρας οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ θεασάμενος ὅτι πολὺς ὄχλος ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγει πρὸς τὸν Φίλιππον Πόθεν ἀγοράσομεν ἄρτους ἵνα φάγωσιν οὗτοι
5
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

Matthew 15:23

ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον· καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἠρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες Ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν
23
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Hosea 13:5

אֲנִי יְדַעְתִּיךָ בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃
5
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

Matthew 15:32

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Σπλαγχνίζομαι ἐπὶ τὸν ὄχλον ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέρας τρεῖς προσμένουσίν μοι καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν τί φάγωσιν· καὶ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτοὺς νήστεις οὐ θέλω μήποτε ἐκλυθῶσιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ
32
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Psalms 78:19

וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ בֵּֽאלֹהִים אָמְרוּ הֲיוּכַל אֵל לַעֲרֹךְ שֻׁלְחָן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
19
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

Matthew 14:15

ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες Ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος καὶ ἡ ὥρα ἤδη παρῆλθεν· ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ὄχλους ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα
15
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go and into the villages, buy themselves victuals.

Ezekiel 34:25

וְכָרַתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית שָׁלוֹם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי חַיָּֽה-רָעָה מִן-הָאָרֶץ וְיָשְׁבוּ בַמִּדְבָּר לָבֶטַח וְיָשְׁנוּ בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃
25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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