Luke
Luke 15:8
8Or what woman who has ten silver coinsa and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
Footnotes
- a 15:8 Greek ten drachmas, each worth about a day’s wages
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Or | Ἢ | Ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| what | τίς | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| woman | γυνὴ | gynē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1135 a woman, wife, my lady |
| who has | ἔχουσα | echousa | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| ten | δέκα | deka | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural | G1176 ten |
| silver coins | δραχμὰς | drachmas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G1406 a drachma |
| loses | ἀπολέσῃ | apolesē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G622 I destroy, lose, am perishing |
| one | μίαν | mian | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1520 one |
| not | οὐχὶ | ouchi | IntPrtcl | G3780 by no means, not at all |
| light | ἅπτει | haptei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G681 I kindle, light |
| a lamp | λύχνον | lychnon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3088 a lamp |
| sweep | σαροῖ | saroi | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4563 I sweep |
| house | οἰκίαν | oikian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3614 a house, household |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| search | ζητεῖ | zētei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2212 I seek, search for, desire |
| carefully | ἐπιμελῶς | epimelōs | Adverb | G1960 carefully, diligently |
| until | ἕως | heōs | Preposition | G2193 until, as far as |
| she finds | εὕρῃ | heurē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2147 I find |
| it | οὗ | hou | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.