King James Version:
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And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Complete Jewish Bible:
Yochanan wore clothes of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; he ate locusts and wild honey.
Berean Standard Bible:
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
American Standard Version:
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
And{G1161} John{G2491} was{G2258} clothed{G1746} with camel's{G2574} hair{G2359}, and{G2532} with a girdle{G2223} of a skin{G1193} about{G4012} his{G846} loins{G3751}; and{G2532} he did eat{G2068} locusts{G200} and{G2532} wild{G66} honey{G3192};
Cross-References (KJV):
2 Kings 1:8
- And they answered him, [He was] an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.
Leviticus 11:22
- [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Zechariah 13:4
- And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
Matthew 3:4
- And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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Commentary for Mark 1:6
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G1161
There are 2556 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: δέ
Transliteration: dé
Pronunciation: deh
Description: a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English). - Strong's Number: G2491
There are 130 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: Ἰωάννης
Transliteration: Iōánnēs
Pronunciation: ee-o-an'-nace
Description: of Hebrew origin (יוֹחָנָן); Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites:--John. - Strong's Number: G2258
There are 416 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἦν
Transliteration: ēn
Pronunciation: ane
Description: imperfect of εἰμί; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were):--+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were. - Strong's Number: G1746
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἐνδύω
Transliteration: endýō
Pronunciation: en-doo'-o
Description: from ἐν and δύνω (in the sense of sinking into a garment); to invest with clothing (literally or figuratively):--array, clothe (with), endue, have (put) on. - Strong's Number: G2574
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: κάμηλος
Transliteration: kámēlos
Pronunciation: kam'-ay-los
Description: of Hebrew origin (גָּמָל); a "camel":--camel. - Strong's Number: G2359
There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: θρίξ
Transliteration: thríx
Pronunciation: threeks
Description: genitive case , etc.; of uncertain derivation; hair:--hair. Compare κόμη. - Strong's Number: G2532
There are 5212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: καί
Transliteration: kaí
Pronunciation: kahee
Description: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet. - Strong's Number: G2223
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ζώνη
Transliteration: zṓnē
Pronunciation: dzo'-nay
Description: probably akin to the base of ζυγός; a belt; by implication, a pocket:--girdle, purse. - Strong's Number: G1193
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: δερμάτινος
Transliteration: dermátinos
Pronunciation: der-mat'-ee-nos
Description: from δέρμα; made of hide:--leathern, of a skin. - Strong's Number: G4012
There are 304 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: περί
Transliteration: perí
Pronunciation: per-ee'
Description: from the base of πέραν; properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period):--(there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through). - Strong's Number: G846
There are 3776 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: αὐτός
Transliteration: autós
Pronunciation: ow-tos'
Description: from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ. - Strong's Number: G3751
There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὀσφῦς
Transliteration: osphŷs
Pronunciation: os-foos'
Description: of uncertain affinity; the loin (externally), i.e. the hip; internally (by extension) procreative power:--loin. - Strong's Number: G2068
There are 55 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἐσθίω
Transliteration: esthíō
Pronunciation: es-thee'-o
Description: strengthened for a primary (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by φάγω; to eat (usually literal):--devour, eat, live. - Strong's Number: G200
There are 104 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἀκρίς
Transliteration: akrís
Pronunciation: ak-rece'
Description: apparently from the same as ἄκρον; a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation):--locust. - Strong's Number: G66
There are 23 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἄγριος
Transliteration: ágrios
Pronunciation: ag'-ree-os
Description: from ἀγρός; wild (as pertaining to the country), literally (natural) or figuratively (fierce):--wild, raging. - Strong's Number: G3192
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: μέλι
Transliteration: méli
Pronunciation: mel'-ee
Description: apparently a primary word; honey:--honey.