Mark 8:9

ἦσαν δὲ οἱ φαγόντες ὡς τετρακισχίλιοι καὶ ἀπέλυσεν αὐτούς
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent away. them
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἦσαν
G2258
ēn
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
  • I was, etc.
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
οἱ
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
φαγόντες
G5315
phagō
to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • to eat
    • "to eat (consume) a thing
    • to take food, eat a meal
      • "metaphorically to devour, consume
ὡς
G5613 ADV
hōs
which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
  • as, like, even as, etc.
τετρακισχίλιοι
G5070 A-NPM
tetrakischilioi
four times a thousand
  • four thousand
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
ἀπέλυσεν
G630 V-AAI-3S
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
αὐτούς
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

ἦσαν δὲ οἱ φαγόντες ὡς τετρακισχίλιοι καὶ ἀπέλυσεν αὐτούς
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And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent away. them
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