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2 Kings 4:43 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And his servitor
sharath (Hebrew #8334)
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
KJV usage: minister (unto), (do) serve(- ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
Pronounce: shaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Whats, should I set
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
this before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
an hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
men
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
? He said again
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, that they may eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
: for thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
u, They shall eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and shall leave
yathar (Hebrew #3498)
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Pronounce: yaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
thereof.
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Luke 9:17• 17And they all ate and were all filled; and there was taken up of what had remained over and above to them twelve hand-baskets. (Luke 9:17)
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John 6:11‑13• 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. (John 6:11‑13)
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Matt. 14:20• 20And they all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over of the fragments, twelve baskets full. (Matt. 14:20)
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Matt. 15:37• 37And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. (Matt. 15:37)

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his servitor.
2 Kings 4:12• 12{i}And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.{/i} (2 Kings 4:12)
What.
Matt. 14:16‑17• 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. (Matt. 14:16‑17)
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Matt. 15:33‑34• 33And his disciples say to him, Whence should we [have] in a wilderness so many loaves as to fill so great a crowd?
 34And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. (Matt. 15:33‑34)
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Mark 6:37‑39• 37But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
 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} (Mark 6:37‑39)
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Mark 8:4• 4{i}And his disciples answered him,{/i} Whence will one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place? (Mark 8:4)
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Luke 9:13• 13{i}And{/i} he said to them, Give ye them to eat. {i}And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;{/i} (Luke 9:13)
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John 6:9• 9There is a little boy here that hath five barley-loaves and two fishes; but these, what are they for so many? (John 6:9)
They shall eat.
Matt. 14:20• 20And they all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over of the fragments, twelve baskets full. (Matt. 14:20)
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Matt. 15:37• 37And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. (Matt. 15:37)
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Matt. 16:8‑10• 8{i}And Jesus knowing [it], said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread?{/i}
 9{i}Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took [up]?{/i}
 10{i}nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took [up]?{/i} (Matt. 16:8‑10)
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Mark 6:42‑43• 42And they all ate and were satisfied.
 43And they took up twelve hand-baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes. (Mark 6:42‑43)
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Mark 8:20• 20{i}And when the seven for the four thousand, the filling of how many baskets of fragments took ye up?{/i} (Mark 8:20)
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Luke 9:17• 17And they all ate and were all filled; and there was taken up of what had remained over and above to them twelve hand-baskets. (Luke 9:17)
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John 6:11‑13• 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. (John 6:11‑13)
• “Give the people that they may eat.” These are the same words that Elisha had pronounced before in connection with the pot that had been rendered healthful. The thought no longer occurs to them to add their own labor to this food, for it is complete. (“The Man of Baal-Shalishah: 2 Kings 4:42-44” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And his attendant said, How shall I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give the people that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah: They shall eat, and shall have to spare.

W. Kelly Translation

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And his attendant said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people that they may eat, for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat and shall leave thereof.

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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.)