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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Matthew 4:2 - Forty
Matthew 4:2 - And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| when he had fasted | G3522 | νηστεύω |
[Verb] to abstain from food (religiously) |
| forty | G5062 | τεσσαράκοντα |
[Adjective] forty |
| days | G2250 | ἡμέρα |
[Noun Feminine] akin to the base of G1476) meaning tame that is gentle; day that is (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) |
| and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| forty | G5062 | τεσσαράκοντα |
[Adjective] forty |
| nights | G3571 | νύξ |
[Noun Feminine]
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| he was afterward an hungred |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.