King James Version

Luke 15:14

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “severe” (ἰσχυρὰ) before throughout here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “severe” (ἰσχυρὸς) before throughout here.

δαπανήσαντοςdapanēsantoshad spentδαπανάω (dapanaō)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “had spent”, a single actionG1159I spend, bear expense, waste, squander.had spentδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heπάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.ἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.λιμὸςlimoshungerλιμόςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “hunger”, the subject formG3042a famine, hunger.This verse uses “hunger”.ἰσχυρὰischurastrongἰσχυρός (ischuros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “strong”, the subject formG2478strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure.This verse uses “strong”.κατὰkataaccording toκατάpreposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χώρανchōrancountryχώρα (chōra)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “country”, the object formG5561(a) a country or region, (b) the land, as opposed to the sea, (c) the country, distinct from town, (d) plur: fields.ἐκείνηνekeinēnthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “that”, the object formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.αὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἤρξατοērxatobeganἄρχω (archō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “began”, a single actionG757I reign, rule.beganὑστερεῖσθαιhustereisthaito be in wantὑστερέω (hustereō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to be in want”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5302I fall behind, am lacking, fall short, suffer need, am inferior to.to be in want

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ἰσχυρὸςischurosa mightyἰσχυρόςadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “a mighty”, the subject formG2478strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure.This verse uses “mighty”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

World English Bible

When he had spent all of it , there arose a severe famine in that country , and he began to be in need .

Darby Translation

But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

Douay-Rheims

And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

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