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Luke 15:26

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Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.	And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.	And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G2532 he called^G4341 one^G1520 of the servants^G3816, and asked^G4441 what^G5101 these things^G5023 meant^G1498.

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Original Greek

καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων, ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη ταῦτα.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	And
προσκαλεσάμενος	proskalesamenos	G4341	V-ADP-NSM	he called
ἕνα	hena	G1520	A-ASM	one
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPM	of the
παίδων,	paidōn	G3816	N-GPM	servants
ἐπυνθάνετο	epunthaneto	G4441	V-INI-3S	and asked
τί	ti	G5101	I-NSN	what
εἴη	eiē	G1498	V-PAO-3S	meant
ταῦτα.	tauta	G5023	D-NPN	these things

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G1498 — εἴην (eíēn, i'-ane): optative (i.e. English subjunctive) present of εἰμί (including the other person); might (could, would, or should) be:--mean, + perish, should be, was, were.
• G1520 — εἷς (heîs, hice): one — a primary numeral; one:--a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also εἷς καθ’ εἷς, μηδείς, μία, οὐδείς.
• 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.
• G3816 — παῖς (paîs, paheece): a boy or girl child — perhaps from παίω; a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God):--child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.
• G4341 — προσκαλέομαι (proskaléomai, pros-kal-eh'-om-ahee): I summon — middle voice from πρός and καλέω; to call toward oneself, i.e. summon, invite:--call (for, to, unto).
• G4441 — πυνθάνομαι (pynthánomai, poon-than'-om-ahee): I ask, inquire — middle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from ἐρωτάω, which properly means a request as a favor; and from αἰτέω, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from ζητέω, which implies a search for something hidden; and from δέομαι, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence):--ask, demand, enquire, understand.
• G5023 — ταῦτα (taûta, tow'-tah): nominative or accusative case neuter plural of οὗτος; these things:--+ afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
• G5101 — τίς (tís, tis): who, which, what — probably emphatic of τὶς; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions):--every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.

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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