Luke

Luke 16:21

²¹and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
longing	ἐπιθυμῶν	epithymōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1937 I long for, covet, lust after
to be fed	χορτασθῆναι	chortasthēnai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive	G5526 I feed, satisfy
with	ἀπὸ	apo	Preposition	G575 from, away from
the	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Neuter Plural	G3588 the
crumbs that fell	πιπτόντων	piptontōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural	G4098 I fall, fall under
from	ἀπὸ	apo	Preposition	G575 from, away from
the	τῆς	tēs	Article - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3588 the
rich man’s	πλουσίου	plousiou	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular	G4145 rich
table	τραπέζης	trapezēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G5132 a table for food or business
Even	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
the	οἱ	hoi	Article - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
dogs	κύνες	kynes	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2965 a dog
came	ἐρχόμενοι	erchomenoi	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2064 I come, go
licked	ἐπέλειχον	epeleichon	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G621 I lick off, lick clean
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
sores	ἕλκη	helkē	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1668 a festering sore

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