Mark 8:3
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And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.

Mark 8:2
I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

Mark 8:4
And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?

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And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.

Judges 8:4-6 And when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, he passed over it with the three hundred men that were with him: who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled. . . .

1 Samuel 14:28-31 And one of the people answering, said: Thy father hath bound the people with an oath, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat any food this day. (And the people were faint.) . . .

1 Samuel 30:10-12 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who, being weary, could not go over the torrent Besor. . . .

Isaiah 40:31 But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Context
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
2I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off. 4And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?…
Lexicon
If
ἐὰν (ean)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

I send
ἀπολύσω (apolysō)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 630: From apo and luo; to free fully, i.e. relieve, release, dismiss, or let die, pardon or divorce.

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

home
οἶκον (oikon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3624: A dwelling; by implication, a family.

hungry,
νήστεις (nēsteis)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3523: Fasting, not eating. From the inseparable negative particle ne- and esthio; not eating, i.e. Abstinent from food.

they will faint
ἐκλυθήσονται (eklythēsontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1590: To loose, release, unloose (as a bow-string), relax, enfeeble; pass: To be faint, grow weary. From ek and luo; to relax.

along
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

way.
ὁδῷ (hodō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.

For
καί (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

have come
ἥκασιν (hēkasin)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2240: To have come, be present, have arrived. A primary verb; to arrive, i.e. Be present.

a great distance.”
μακρόθεν (makrothen)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3113: From a (long) distance, afar. Adverb from makros; from a distance or afar.


Additional Translations
If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

And if I shall send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. For some of them are come from afar."

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.

and if I should dismiss them to their home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far.

and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way; and some of them are come from far.

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for some of them came from a distance.

If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance."

If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."

and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'
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