What Does Luke 4:2 Mean?

“days”

day, i.e., (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

“forty”

forty

“Being”

to test (objectively), i.e., endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline

“of”

under, i.e., (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the devil”

a traducer; specially, satan (compare h7854)

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“nothing”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“he did eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing

“in”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“days”

day, i.e., (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

“those”

that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“were ended”

to complete entirely; generally, to execute (literally or figuratively)

“when they”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“he afterward”

more lately, i.e., eventually

“hungered”

to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave