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Luke 15:16

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And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.	And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.	And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G2532 he would fain^G1937 have filled^G1072 his^G846 belly^G2836 with^G575 the husks^G2769 that^G3739 the swine^G5519 did eat^G2068: and^G2532 no man^G3762 gave^G1325 unto him^G846.

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Original Greek

καὶ ἐπεθύμει γεμίσαι τὴν κοιλίαν αὑτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν κερατίων ὧν ἤσθιον οἱ χοῖροι· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδίδου αὐτῷ.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	And
ἐπεθύμει	epethumei	G1937	V-IAI-3S	he would fain
γεμίσαι	gemisai	G1072	V-AAN	have filled
τὴν	tēn	G3588	T-ASF	*
κοιλίαν	koilian	G2836	N-ASF	belly
αὑτοῦ	hautou	G846	P-GSM	his
ἀπὸ	apo	G575	PREP	with
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPN	the
κερατίων	keratiōn	G2769	N-GPN	husks
ὧν	hōn	G3739	R-GPN	that
ἤσθιον	ēsthion	G2068	V-IAI-3P	did eat
οἱ	hoi	G3588	T-NPM	the
χοῖροι·	choiroi	G5519	N-NPM	swine
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	G3762	A-NSM-N	no man
ἐδίδου	edidou	G1325	V-IAI-3S	gave
αὐτῷ.	autō	G846	P-DSM	unto him

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G575 — ἀπό (apó, apo'): from, away from — a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• G1072 — γεμίζω (gemízō, ghem-id'-zo): I fill, load — transitive from γέμω; to fill entirely:--fill (be) full.
• G1325 — δίδωμι (dídōmi, did'-o-mee): I offer, give — a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection):--adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
• G1937 — ἐπιθυμέω (epithyméō, ep-ee-thoo-meh'-o): I long for, covet, lust after — from ἐπί and θυμός; to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise):--covet, desire, would fain, lust (after).
• G2068 — ἐσθίω (esthíō, es-thee'-o): I eat — strengthened for a primary (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by φάγω; to eat (usually literal):--devour, eat, live.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G2769 — κεράτιον (kerátion, ker-at'-ee-on): a husk of the carob — neuter of a presumed derivative of κέρας; something horned, i.e. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree:--husk.
• G2836 — κοιλία (koilía, koy-lee'-ah): belly, womb, the inner man — from ("hollow"); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:--belly, womb.
• G3739 — ὅς (hós, hos): who, which, what, that — probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article ὁ); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also οὗ.
• G3762 — οὐδείς (oudeís, oo-dice'): no one, none, nothing — from οὐδέ and εἷς; not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing:--any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.
• G5519 — χοῖρος (choîros, khoy'-ros): swine — of uncertain derivation; a hog:--swine.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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