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OrἪwhatτίςwomanγυνὴhavingἔχουσαtenδέκαdrachmas,δραχμὰςifἐὰνshe losesἀπολέσῃoneμίανdrachma,δραχμὴνdoes notοὐχὶlightἅπτειa lampλύχνονandκαὶsweepσαροῖthe houseτὴν οἰκίανandκαὶsearchζητεῖcarefullyἐπιμελῶςuntilἕως οὗshe finds it?εὕρῃ
Luke 15:8
Study it in the app“Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?”
The woman seeks her coin: joy in heaven over one who returnsTurning back to God
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:8, word by word
- womanγυνὴgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- havingἔχουσαechousa
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousa” appears- tenδέκαdeka
ten
Ten.
Where else “deka” appears- drachmasδραχμὰςdrachmas
drachma
Drachma: a Greek silver coin, worth about a day's wage.
Where else “drachmas” appears- she losesἀπολέσῃapolesēi
lose
To be left without something or someone one had.
Where else “apolesēi” appears- oneμίανmian
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mian” appears- does notοὐχὶouchi
not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “ouchi” appears- lightἅπτειhaptei
light
To set a fire going, or a lamp.
Where else “haptei” appears- a lampλύχνονlychnon
lamp
Oil lamp.
Where else “lychnon” appears- sweepσαροῖsaroi
sweep
Sweep, sweep clean.
Where else “saroi” appears- the houseοἰκίανoikian
house
The building where a family lives.
Where else “oikian” appears- searchζητεῖzētei
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētei” appears- carefullyἐπιμελῶςepimelōs
carefully
Carefully, diligently.
Where else “epimelōs” appears- she finds itεὕρῃheurēi
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurēi” appears
Translation note
The drachma was a Greek silver coin worth about the same as a denarius: a day’s wage.
The context
7I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his mind than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of a change of mind.
8 · This verse (above)
9And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I had lost.’
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)