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NASB					Matt 3:4 Now¹¹⁶¹ John²⁴⁹¹ himself⁸⁴⁶ had²¹⁹² ¹ ^Aa garment¹⁷⁴² of camel's²⁵⁷⁴ hair²³⁵⁹ and a leather¹¹⁹³ belt²²²³ around⁴⁰¹² his waist³⁷⁵¹; and his food⁵¹⁶⁰ was ^Blocusts²⁰⁰ and wild⁶⁶ honey³¹⁹².
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 3:4 Now this same John had clothing made of camel's hair and a [wide] leather ¹band around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. [Lev 11:22; 2 Kin 1:8; Zech 13:4]

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Lit his garment

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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This band (sash, girdle) was about six inches wide and had clasps or fasteners in front. It was used to carry personal items such as a dagger, money or other necessary things.

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2 Kin 1:8 They answered him, "He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

Lev 11:22 'These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.

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Greek Heb.

agrios; from 68; living in the fields, wild, savage, fierce:--wild(3).

200

akris; a prim. word; a locust:--locusts(4).

846

autos; an intensive pron., a prim. word; (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same:--accompanied*(2), agree*(1), anyone(1), both*(1), city(2), even(1), here*(1), herself(5), himself(83), itself(7), just(1), lies(1), like(1), like-minded(1), money(1), myself(10), number(1), one(1), one's(2), other(1), ourselves(8), own(2), part(1), people(1), person(1), personally(1), righteousness(1), same(59), same things(4), same way(1), selves(1), sight(1), temple(1), theirs(3), themselves(23), there*(2), these(1), these things(2), this(1), those(2), together*(8), very(17), very one(1), very thing(4), well(1), who(3), whose(2), whose*(1), women(1), yourself(3), yourselves(14), yourselves*(3).

1161

de; a prim. word; but, and, now, (a connective or adversative particle):--after(2), also(2), another*(8), even(4), even though(1), former*(1), however(6), moreover(1), moreover*(1), nevertheless(1), now(267), or(6), other(1), other hand(4), others*(3), partly(1), rather(1), so(12), suppose*(1), then(6), therefore(1), though(1), what(1), when(3), whereas(2), yes(1), yet(25).

1193

dermatinos; from 1192; made of skin, leathern:--leather(2).

1742

enduma; from 1746a; apparel (esp. the outer robe):--clothes(2), clothing(5), garment(1).

2192

echô; a prim. vb.; to have, hold:--ability(1), able(1), accompany(1), acknowledge*(1), am(2), become(1), been(3), being(1), being under(1), bringing(1), conceived*(1), consider(2), considered(2), could(2), derive(1), deriving(1), devoid*(1), enjoyed(1), experiencing(1), felt(1), following(1), get(2), gripped(1), had(80), has(134), have(283), have had(2), having(50), held(1), hold(5), holding(7), holds(2), ill*(5), incurring(1), involves(1), keep(3), keeping(3), kept(1), maintain(1), maintained(1), maintaining(1), meets(1), nearby(1), next(2), obliged*(1), obtain(2), obtained(1), owned(3), possess(2), possessed(4), possesses(1), receive(1), received(1), recover*(1), regard(2), regarded(1), reigns*(1), remember*(1), retain(1), seize(1), show(1), think*(1), unable*(1), under(1), under*(1), use(1), without*(3).

2223

zônê; from 2224; a belt:--belt(5), belts(1), money belts(1), sash(1), sashes(1).

2359

thrix; a prim. word; hair:--hair(13), hairs(2).

2491

Iôannês; of Heb. or. [3110]; John, the name of several Isr.:--John(131), John's(4).

2574

kamêlos; of Heb. or. [1581]; camel:--camel(4), camel's(2).

3192

meli; a prim. word; honey:--honey(4).

3751

osphus; a prim. word; the loin:--descendants*(1), descended*(1), loins(2), waist(2).

4012

peri; a prim. prep.; about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or subject):--about(103), about*(1), against(4), all around(1), around(12), around*(1), because(2), behalf(4), case*(1), cause*(1), circumstances*(1), companions*(1), concerning(48), condition*(1), connection(2), followers*(1), help(1), neighborhood(1), over(1), over...about(1), refers(1), regard(3), regarding(4), vicinity(1).

5160

trophê; from 5142; nourishment, food:--enough*(1), food(13), meals(1), support(1).

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