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Luke 15:23

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But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on [his] feet:	And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be merry:	For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G2532 bring hither^G5342 the fatted^G4618 calf^G3448, and kill^G2380 it; and^G2532 let us eat^G5315, and be merry^G2165:

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Original Greek

καὶ ἐνέγκαντες τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτὸν θύσατε, καὶ φαγόντες εὐφρανθῶμεν·

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	And
ἐνέγκαντες	enenkantes	G5342	V-AAP-NPM	bring hither
τὸν	ton	G3588	T-ASM	*
μόσχον	moschon	G3448	A-ASM	calf
τὸν	ton	G3588	T-ASM	the
σιτευτὸν	siteuton	G4618	A-ASM	fatted
θύσατε,	thusate	G2380	V-AAM-2P	and kill
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
φαγόντες	phagontes	G5315	V-2AAP-NPM	let us eat
εὐφρανθῶμεν·	euphranthōmen	G2165	V-APS-1P	and be merry

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G2165 — εὐφραίνω (euphraínō, yoo-frah'-ee-no): I cheer, am glad, make merry — from εὖ and φρήν; to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice:--fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.
• G2380 — θύω (thýō, thoo'-o): I sacrifice, kill — a primary verb; properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose):--kill, (do) sacrifice, slay.
• 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.
• G3448 — μόσχος (móschos, mos'-khos): a calf — probably strengthened for (a shoot); a young bullock:--calf.
• G4618 — σιτευτός (siteutós, sit-yoo-ros'): fattened — from a derivative of σῖτος; grain-fed, i.e. fattened:--fatted.
• G5315 — φάγω (phágō, fag'-o): I eat — a primary verb (used as an alternate of ἐσθίω in certain tenses); to eat (literally or figuratively):--eat, meat.
• G5342 — φέρω (phérō, fer'-o): I carry, bear, bring, lead — a primary verb (for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely,  ; and  ; to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows):--be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.

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.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• the fatted — Genesis 18:7, Psalms 63:5, Proverbs 9:2, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 65:13-14, Matthew 22:2-14

Reciprocal references (17): Exodus 24:11, Deuteronomy 28:63, 1 Samuel 28:24, Proverbs 23:15, Isaiah 53:10, Isaiah 55:2, Jeremiah 31:4, Micah 7:18, Zephaniah 3:17, Matthew 18:13, Matthew 26:29, Luke 15:5, Luke 15:27, Luke 15:30, John 15:11, Acts 15:3, 1 Corinthians 10:27

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ANIMALS, HOME, PRODIGAL SON, PARABLE OF
• Torrey’s: CALF, THE, ENTERTAINMENTS, JOY OF GOD OVER HIS PEOPLE, THE, PARDON
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, DANCING, FATTED CALF, GOD, JESUS, THE CHRIST, JOY, PENITENT, PRODIGAL SON, READINGS, SELECT, SALVATION, YOUNG MEN

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