Matthew 4:2
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
πεινάω
To hunger, to be famished. Peinao. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Spiritual hunger is a grace. Those who hunger for God will always be filled.
νύξ
nights
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νύξ
Night, darkness. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Your identity is light.
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ἡμέρα
days
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ἡμέρα
Day. Hemera. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is a gift from God. The right response to any day is rejoicing in the One who gave it.
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νηστεύω
having fasted
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νηστεύω
to abstain from food (religiously)
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ὕστερος
afterward
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ὕστερος
later
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τεσσαράκοντα
forty
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τεσσαράκοντα
forty
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