Luke 15:14 Go deeper

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

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

δαπανήσαντοςdapanēsantosWhen was spending

Lemma: δαπανάω (dapanaō) · Strong's: G1159

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Participle · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (V-AAP-GSM)

Meaning: to spend — δαπανάω, -ῶ ; [in LXX: Tob.1:7, 1Ma.14:32, al. ; ] ; 1. to spend, expend: with accusative, Mrk.5:26; before ἐπί, with dative of person(s), Act.21:24; ὑπέρ, 2Co.12:15. ; 2. to consume, squander: Luk.15:14; ἐν τ. ἡδσναῖς…

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Used 5 times. Also: Mark 5:26, Acts 21:24, 2 Corinthians 12:15, James 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1159; TFLSJ G1159; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 1

δὲdehowever

Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…

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Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 2

αὐτοῦautouhe

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (P-GSM)

Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…

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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 3

πάνταpantaeverything

Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956

Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (A-APN)

Meaning: all — πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, ; [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ; ] ; all, every. ; I. As adj., ; 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20,…

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Used 1264 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3956; TFLSJ G3956; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 4

ἐγένετοegenetothere arose

Lemma: γίνομαι (ginomai) · Strong's: G1096

Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Middle Deponent · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2ADI-3S)

Meaning: to be — γίνομαι, Ion. and κοινή for Att. γίγν- (M. Pr., 47; Bl., §6, 8 Mayser, 166 f.), ; [in LXX chiefly for היה ; ] ; 1. of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a…

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Used 675 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1096; TFLSJ G1096; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 5

λιμὸςlimosa famine

Lemma: λιμός (limos) · Strong's: G3042

Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)

Meaning: hunger — λιμός, -οῦ, ὁ; (so in Att..; in Dor. ἡ, and so sometimes in LXX, see Th., Gr., 146; in NT: Luk.15:14, Act.11:28; cf. M, Pr., 60), [in LXX chiefly for רָעָב ; ] ; hunger, famine: Luk.4:25 15:14, 17, Act.7:11" (LXX)…

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Used 12 times. Also: Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 4:25, Luke 15:17, Luke 21:11, Acts 7:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3042; TFLSJ G3042; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 6

ἰσχυρὰischurasevere

Lemma: ἰσχυρός (ischuros) · Strong's: G2478

Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (A-NSF)

Meaning: strong — ἰσχυρός, -ά, -όν; (ἰσχύω), [in LXX for אֵל, גִּבּוֹר, עָצוּם, חָזַק, etc. ; ] ; strong, mighty, powerful; (a) of persons, as to body or spirit: Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:27, Luk.11:21-22, 1Co.4:10 (opposite to ἀσθενής),…

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Used 29 times. Also: Matthew 3:11, Matthew 12:29, Matthew 14:30, Mark 1:7, Mark 3:27, Luke 3:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2478; TFLSJ G2478; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 7

κατὰkatathroughout

Lemma: κατά (kata) · Strong's: G2596

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: according to — κατά (bef. a vowel κατ᾽, καθ᾽; on the frequently neglect of elision, see Tdf., Pr., 95; WH, App., 146a), ; prep. with genitive, accusative, ; down, downwards. ; I. C. genitive (WM, §47, k; Bl., §42, 2). ; 1. C. genitive…

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Used 483 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 2:19, Matthew 2:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2596; TFLSJ G2596; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 8

τὴνtēnthe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)

Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 9

χώρανchōrancountry

Lemma: χώρα (chōra) · Strong's: G5561

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)

Meaning: country — χώρα, -ας, ἡ ; [in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc. ; ] ; 1. most frequently in cl., a space, place. ; 2. land, i.e. ; (a) a land, country, region: Mat.12:2, Mrk.5:10 6:55, Luk.2:8 15:13-15 19:12, Jhn.11:54, Act.13:49…

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Used 28 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 8:28, Mark 1:5, Mark 5:1, Mark 5:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5561; TFLSJ G5561; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 10

ἐκείνην,ekeinēnthat,

Lemma: ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos) · Strong's: G1565

Parsing: Demonstrative pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (D-ASF)

Meaning: that — ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο ; (ἐκεῖ), [in LXX chiefly for הַהוּא ,הוּא, and cogn. forms ; ] ; demonstr. pron., ; that person or thing (ille), implying remoteness as compared with οὗτος (hic); 1. absol., emphatic he, she, it:…

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Used 255 times. Also: Matthew 3:1, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 7:25, Matthew 7:27, Matthew 8:13, Matthew 8:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1565; TFLSJ G1565; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 11

καὶkaiand

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…

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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 12

αὐτὸςautoshe himself

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (P-NSM)

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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 13

ἤρξατοērxatobegan

Lemma: ἄρχω (archō) · Strong's: G0757

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Middle Deponent · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-ADI-3S)

Meaning: be first — ἄρχω ; [in LXX for חָלַל, מָשַׁל, etc. ; ] ; 1. to begin. ; 2. to rule (see DCG, ii, 538b.): with genitive, Mrk.10:42, Rom.15:12. Mid., to begin: before ἀπό, Mat.16:21 20:8, Luk.14:18 23:5 24:27, 47, Jhn.8:9, Act.1:22…

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Used 86 times. Also: Matthew 4:17, Matthew 11:7, Matthew 11:20, Matthew 12:1, Matthew 14:30, Matthew 16:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0757; TFLSJ G0757; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 14

ὑστερεῖσθαι.hustereisthaito be in need.

Lemma: ὑστερέω (hustereō) · Strong's: G5302

Parsing: Verb · Present · Passive · Infinitive (V-PPN)

Meaning: to lack — ὑστερέω, -ῶ; (ὕστερος), [in LXX for חָסֵר, חָדַל etc. ; ] ; to come late, be behind (opposite to προτερέω, φθάνω; with genitive of thing(s), for; with genitive of person(s), later than). ; Metaphorical, ; 1. of persons,…

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Used 15 times. Also: Matthew 19:20, Mark 10:21, Luke 22:35, John 2:3, Romans 3:23, 1 Corinthians 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5302; TFLSJ G5302; TAGNT Luke 15:14 word 15

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

After	→	δέ G1161 then
he	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
had spent	→	δαπανάω G1159 to spend
all [he had]	→	πᾶς G3956 all
a severe	→	ἰσχυρός G2478 strong
famine	→	λιμός G3042 hunger
swept	→	γίνομαι G1096 to be
through	→	κατά G2596 according to
that	→	ἐκεῖνος G1565 that
country	→	χώρα G5561 country
and	→	καί G2532 and
he	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
began	→	G0756
to be in need	→	ὑστερέω G5302 to lack

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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