Mark 5:16

King James Version:

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And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and [also] concerning the swine.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Those who had seen it told what had happened to the man con trolled by demons and to the pigs;

Berean Standard Bible:

Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.

American Standard Version:

And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And{G2532} they that saw{G1492} it told{G1334} them{G846} how{G4459} it befell{G1096} to him that was possessed with the devil{G1139}, and{G2532} also concerning{G4012} the swine{G5519}.

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Commentary for Mark 5:16

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. 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.
  2. Strong's Number: G1492
    There are 626 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: εἴδω
    Transliteration: eídō
    Pronunciation: i'-do
    Description: a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent ὀπτάνομαι and ὁράω; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare ὀπτάνομαι.
  3. Strong's Number: G1334
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: διηγέομαι
    Transliteration: diēgéomai
    Pronunciation: dee-ayg-eh'-om-ahee
    Description: from διά and ἡγέομαι; to relate fully:--declare, shew, tell.
  4. 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.
  5. Strong's Number: G4459
    There are 100 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: πῶς
    Transliteration: pōs
    Pronunciation: poce
    Description: adverb from the base of ποῦ; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!:--how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
  6. Strong's Number: G1096
    There are 636 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: γίνομαι
    Transliteration: gínomai
    Pronunciation: ghin'-om-ahee
    Description: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
  7. Strong's Number: G1139
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: δαιμονίζομαι
    Transliteration: daimonízomai
    Pronunciation: dahee-mon-id'-zom-ahee
    Description: middle voice from δαίμων; to be exercised by a dæmon:--have a (be vexed with, be possessed with) devil(-s).
  8. 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).
  9. Strong's Number: G5519
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: χοῖρος
    Transliteration: choîros
    Pronunciation: khoy'-ros
    Description: of uncertain derivation; a hog:--swine.