Luke 9:14

ἦσαν γὰρ ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ Κατακλίνατε αὐτοὺς κλισίας ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them down sit by fifties in a company.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἦσαν
G2258
ēn
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
  • I was, etc.
γὰρ
G1063 CONJ
gar
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
  • for
ὡσεὶ
G5616 ADV
hōsei
as if
  • as it were, (had been), as though, as, like as, like
    • "about, nearly
    • before numerals
      • "before a measure of time
ἄνδρες
G435 N-NPM
anēr
a man (properly as an individual male)
  • with reference to sex
    • of a male
      • "of a husband"of a betrothed or future husband
    with reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy"any male"used generically of a group of both men and women
πεντακισχίλιοι
G4000 A-NPM
pentakischilioi
five times a thousand
  • five thousand
εἶπεν
G2036 V-2AAI-3S
epō
to speak or say (by word or writing)
  • to speak, say
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
πρὸς
G4314 PREP
pros
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e., near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e., whither or for which it is predicated)
  • to the advantage of
    • "at, near, by"to, towards, with, with regard to
τοὺς
G3588 T-APM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
μαθητὰς
G3101 N-APM
mathētēs
a learner, i.e., pupil
  • a learner, pupil, disciple
αὐτοῦ
G846 P-GSM
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
Κατακλίνατε
G2625
kataklinō
to recline down, i.e., (specially) to take a place at table
  • in the New Testament in reference to eating, to make to recline
    • "to recline (at a table)
αὐτοὺς
G846 P-APM
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
κλισίας
G2828 N-APF
klisia
properly, reclination, i.e., (concretely and specially), a party at a meal
  • a hut erected to pass the night in
    • "a tent"anything to recline on
    • a chair in which to lean back the head
      • "a reclining chair
    a company reclining
    • a row or party of persons reclining at meal
ἀνὰ
G303
ana
properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.)
  • into the midst, in the midst, amidst, among, between
πεντήκοντα
G4004
pentēkonta
fifty
  • fifty

ἦσαν γὰρ ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ Κατακλίνατε αὐτοὺς κλισίας ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα
14
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them down sit by fifties in a company.
Cross References

Mark 8:6

καὶ παρήγγειλεν τῷ ὄχλῳ ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ λαβὼν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἄρτους εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἵνα παραθῶσιν καὶ παρέθηκαν τῷ ὄχλῳ
6
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set before them the people.

1 Corinthians 14:40

πάντα εὐσχημόνως καὶ κατὰ τάξιν γινέσθω
40
Let all things be done decently and in order.

Mark 6:39

καὶ ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνακλῖναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ
39
And he commanded them to make all down sit by companies upon the green grass.
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