Mark 1:6
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And John was clothed camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey.

2 Kings 1:8
But they said: A hairy man, with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias, the Thesbite.

Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:5
And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

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And John was clothed camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey.

clothed.

2 Kings 1:8 But they said: A hairy man, with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias, the Thesbite.

Zechariah 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be confounded, every one by his own vision, when he shall prophesy, neither shall they be clad with a garment of sackcloth, to deceive:

Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

eat.

Leviticus 11:22 That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophimachus, and the locust, every, one according to their kind.

Context
The Mission of John the Baptist
5And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. 6And John was clothed camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.…
Lexicon
John
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.

was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

clothed in
ἐνδεδυμένος (endedymenos)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1746: To put on, clothe (another). From en and duno; to invest with clothing.

camel’s
καμήλου (kamēlou)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2574: A camel or dromedary. Of Hebrew origin; a 'camel'.

hair,
τρίχας (trichas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2359: Hair (of the head or of animals). Genitive case trichos, etc. of uncertain derivation; hair.

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

a leather
δερματίνην (dermatinēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1193: Made of hide, leathern. From derma; made of hide.

belt
ζώνην (zōnēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2223: Probably akin to the base of zugos; a belt; by implication, a pocket.

around
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
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.

waist.
ὀσφὺν (osphyn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3751: The loins. Of uncertain affinity; the loin, i.e. The hip; internally procreative power.

His food was
ἔσθων (esthōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2068: Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.

locusts
ἀκρίδας (akridas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 200: A locust. Apparently from the same as akron; a locust.

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

wild
ἄγριον (agrion)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 66: Wild, fierce. From agros; wild, literally or figuratively.

honey.
μέλι (meli)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3192: Honey. Apparently a primary word; honey.


Additional Translations
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

And John was clothed in camel's hair and a belt of leather around his waist; and he is eating locusts and wild honey.

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.

And John was clothed with camels hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey;

As for John, his garment was of camel's hair, and he wore a loincloth of leather; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,
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