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butδὲwhenὅτεthisοὗτοςson of yoursὁ υἱός σουcame,ἦλθενwhoὁhas devouredκαταφαγώνyour propertyσου τὸν βίονwithμετὰprostitutes,πορνῶνyou slaughteredἔθυσαςfor himαὐτῷthe fattenedτὸν σιτευτὸνcalf!’μόσχον
Luke 15:30
Study it in the app“but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:30, word by word
- son of yoursυἱόςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- cameἦλθενēlthen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthen” appears- has devouredκαταφαγώνkataphagōn
consume, devour
Eat up, devour, consume.
Where else “kataphagōn” appears- your propertyβίονbion
livelihood
What one has to live on.
Where else “bion” appears- prostitutesπορνῶνpornōn
prostitute
Prostitute.
Where else “pornōn” appears- you slaughteredἔθυσαςethysas
slaughter
To slaughter an animal for a banquet, or to take life.
Where else “ethysas” appears- the fattenedσιτευτὸνsiteuton
fattened
Fattened, fed for slaughter.
Where else “siteuton” appears- calf!’μόσχονmoschon
calf
Calf, young bull.
Where else “moschon” appears
The context
29But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I have been slaving for you, and I never broke your command, and to me you never gave a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends;
30 · This verse (above)
31And he said to him, ‘Child, you are always with me, and everything that is mine is yours.
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)