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Andδὲwhen heαὐτοῦhad spentδαπανήσαντοςeverything,πάνταa severeἰσχυρὰfamineλιμὸςcameἐγένετοoverκατὰthatτὴν ἐκείνηνcountry,χώρανandκαὶheαὐτὸςbeganἤρξατοto be in need.ὑστερεῖσθαι
Luke 15:14
Study it in the app“And when he had spent everything, a severe famine came over that country, and he began to be in need.”
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With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:14, word by word
- had spentδαπανήσαντοςdapanēsantos
spend
Spend; spend freely, use up.
Where else “dapanēsantos” appears- a severeἰσχυρὰischyra
strong
Strong, mighty.
Where else “ischyra” appears- famineλιμὸςlimos
famine
A time without food in a region.
Where else “limos” appears- cameἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- countryχώρανchōran
region
A region, a country.
Where else “chōran” appears- beganἤρξατοērxato
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “ērxato” appears- to be in needὑστερεῖσθαιhystereisthai
lack
To lack something, be in need.
Where else “hystereisthai” appears
The context
13And not many days later, the younger son, gathering together everything, went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate living recklessly.
14 · This verse (above)
15And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
To study Luke 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)