Matthew 14:23

And when he had sent away, the multitudes he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
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
ἀπολύσας
G630 V-AAP-NSM
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
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
ὄχλους
G3793 N-APM
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
ἀνέβη
G305 V-2AAI-3S
anabainō
to go up (literally or figuratively)
  • ascend
    • to go up
    • "to rise, mount, be borne up, spring up
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
τὸ
G3588 T-ASN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ὄρος
G3735 N-ASN
oros
a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain)
  • a mountain
κατ'
G2596
kata
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
  • down from, through out
  • "according to, toward, along
ἰδίαν
G2398 A-ASF
idios
pertaining to self, i.e., one's own; by implication, private or separate
  • pertaining to one's self, one's own, belonging to one's self
προσεύξασθαι
G4336 V-ADN
proseuchomai
to pray to God, i.e., supplicate, worship
  • to offer prayers, to pray
ὀψίας
G3798 A-GSF
opsios
late; feminine (as noun) afternoon (early eve) or nightfall (later eve)
  • late
  • "evening
    • either from three to six o'clock PM
    • "from six o'clock PM to the beginning of night
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
γενομένης
G1096 V-2ADP-GSF
ginomai
to cause to be (___%___gen___%___-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
  • to become, i.e., to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
  • "to become, i.e., to come to pass, happen
    • of events
    to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
    • of men appearing in public
    to be made, finished
    • of miracles, to be performed, wrought
    to become, be made
μόνος
G3441 A-NSM
monos
remaining, i.e., sole or single; by implication, mere
  • alone (without a companion), forsaken, destitute of help, alone, only, merely
ἦν
G2258
ēn
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
  • I was, etc.
ἐκεῖ
G1563 ADV
ekei
there; by extension, thither
  • there, in or to that place

καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος κατ' ἰδίαν προσεύξασθαι ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης μόνος ἦν ἐκεῖ
23
And when he had sent away, the multitudes he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Cross References

Luke 6:12

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις ἐξηλθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι καὶ ἦν διανυκτερεύων ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ
12
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Mark 6:46

καὶ ἀποταξάμενος αὐτοῖς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι
46
And when he had sent away, them he departed into a mountain to pray.

Matthew 26:36

Τότε ἔρχεται μετ' αὐτῶν Ἰησοῦς εἰς χωρίον λεγόμενον Γεθσημανῆ καὶ λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς Καθίσατε αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ ἀπελθὼν προσεύξωμαι ἐκεῖ
36
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

John 6:15

Ἰησοῦς οὖν γνοὺς ὅτι μέλλουσιν ἔρχεσθαι καὶ ἁρπάζειν αὐτὸν ἵνα ποιήσωσιν αὐτὸν βασιλέα ἀνεχώρησεν πάλιν εἰς τὸ ὄρος αὐτὸς μόνος
15
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take by force, him to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

Acts 6:4

ἡμεῖς δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου προσκαρτερήσομεν
4
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

Matthew 6:6

σὺ δὲ ὅταν προσεύχῃ εἴσελθε εἰς τὸ ταμιεῖόν σου καὶ κλείσας τὴν θύραν σου πρόσευξαι τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ πατήρ σου βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ
6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Luke 9:28

Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους ὡσεὶ ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ καὶ παραλαβὼν τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην καὶ Ἰάκωβον ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι
28
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.