New American Standard Bible 1995

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So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
So therefore, then, (and) so Conj H3767 οὖν oun
Analysis:
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they gathered to lead together, i.e. bring together, hence come together (pass.), entertain V-AIA-3P H4863 συνήγαγον sunēgagon
them up, and filled to fill V-AIA-3P H1072 ἐγέμισαν egemisan
twelve two and ten, i.e. twelve Adj-AMP H1427 δώδεκα dōdeka
Analysis:

Twelve: People, the people of God

Naturally, when the number twelve is mentioned, two thoughts enter into one's mind.  The first thought is the twelve tribes of Israel and the second is the twelve disciples. Both groups represent the people of God. Hence, when the number twelve appears in the Scriptures, the reader ought to think of the people of God in some unique or specific manner.  

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baskets a basket N-AMP H2894 κοφίνους kophinous
with fragments a broken piece N-GNP H2801 κλασμάτων klasmatōn
from the five five Adj-GMP H4002 πέντε pente
Analysis:

Five: Incompletion or lacking

For a person to understand the meaning of the number “five”, one must first realize that the meaning of the number ten is completion or wholeness. Since five is half of ten, the idea is that the number five represents incompletion or that which is lacking. A Scripture that expresses this idea is found in the book of John. At a place called Beit Chesed (Bethesda), there was a pool whose waters healed the sick. The reader is told that around the pool there were five porches. It is stated that on these five porches laid individuals who were not whole. Some were paralyzed and the rest of them had a variety of health problems. It is not a chance happening that these people who were lacking their health were on five porches. Another well-known passage that contains the number five is found in I Samuel 17. In the account of David and Goliath, David picks up five stones (see I Samuel 17:40). Why is the reader told the specific number and not simply that David had gathered a few stones? The answer is to assist the reader in understanding that the stone, which David hurled at Goliath, was not the source of victory. Rather, this was only the means that God used to accomplish His victory. In other words, the stone and even David, who hurled this stone at Goliath, were insufficient to bring about this victory.

One of the first places where the idea of "lacking" or "incompleteness" is seen regarding the number five is in the book of Genesis. In chapter 18, two angels are sent to Sodom to destroy the city. God tells Abraham that if 50 righteous people are found in the city, then the city will be free of this punishment (We will learn that the number 50 is related to freedom when this number is studied). This is revealed to Abraham and he responds saying, perhaps the city will lack 50 righteous people by five. It is significant that Abraham uses the number five when referring to the city lacking enough righteous people. 

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barley of barley Adj-GMP H2916 κριθίνων krithinōn
loaves bread, a loaf N-GMP H740 ἄρτων artōn
which usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-NNP H3739 ἃ a
were left over to be over and above, to abound V-AIA-3P H4052 ἐπερίσσευσαν eperisseusan
by those the Art-DMP H3588 τῶν tōn
who had eaten. to eat V-RPA-DMP H977 βεβρωκόσιν bebrōkosin

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New American Standard Bible 1995 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
King James Bible So Therefore they gathered them up, together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments from of the five barley loaves loaves, which were left remained over by those who and above unto them that had eaten.
Berean Bible So they gathered them up, together and filled twelve baskets with hand-baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves loaves, which were left over by and above to those who had having eaten.
Hebrew Greek English So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.