Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
A lad here (paidarion wde). Old word, diminutive of paiv, here only in N.T., not genuine in Matthew 11:16. How he came to have this small supply we do not know.
Barley (kriqinouv). Adjective, here and verse John 6:13 only in N.T., in the papyri, from kriqh, barley (Revelation 6:6). Considered an inferior sort of bread.
Fishes (oyaria). Late diminutive of oyon, common in papyri and inscriptions for delicacies with bread like fish. In N.T. only here, verse John 6:11; John 21:9-13. Synoptics have ixquav.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:9:
Matthew 14:20
John 6:1
John 6:11
John 21:9
1 John 4:16
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