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Luke 16:21

In Luke 16 of Luke.

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “crumbs that” (ψιχίων τῶν) before falling here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐπιθυμῶνepithumōndesiringἐπιθυμέω (epithumeō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “desiring”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1937I long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon.desiringχορτασθῆναιchortasthēnaito be fedχορτάζω (chortazō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to be fed”, a single actionG5526I feed, satisfy, fatten.to be fedἀπὸapowithἀπόpreposition — “with”G575from, away from.withτῶνtōnwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichπιπτόντωνpiptontōnfellπίπτω (piptō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, neuter — “fell”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.fellἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τραπέζηςtrapezēstableτράπεζα (trapeza)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “table”, the of-formG5132a table, (a) for food or banqueting, (b) for money-changing or business.tableτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πλουσίουplousiourichπλούσιος (plousios)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “rich”, the of-formG4145rich, abounding in, wealthy; subst: a rich man.ἀλλὰallamoreoverἀλλάconjunction — “moreover”G235but, except, however.moreoverκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύνεςkunesdogsκύων (kuōn)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “dogs”, the subject formG2965a dog, universally despised in the East.the dogsἐρχόμενοιerchomenoicameἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “came”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.cameἐπέλειχονepeleichonand lickedἐπιλείχω (epileichō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and licked”, an ongoing action in the pastG621I lick off, lick clean, lick up.and lickedτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἕλκηhelkēsoresἕλκος (helkos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “sores”, the object formG1668a (festering) sore, a wound.soresαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ψιχίωνpsichiōncrumbsψιχίον (psichion)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “crumbs”, the of-formG5589a crumb.τῶνtōnwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Young’s Literal Translation

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

World English Bible

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man ’s table . Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores .

Darby Translation

and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

Douay-Rheims

Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores.

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