Luke

Luke 16:6

⁶‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’^a he answered.

‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

Footnotes

a 16:6 Greek ‘A hundred baths of oil’; that is, approximately 870 gallons or 3,300 liters

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A hundred	Ἑκατὸν	Hekaton	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G1540 one hundred
of olive oil	ἐλαίου	elaiou	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G1637 olive oil
he answered	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
Take	Δέξαι	Dexai	Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular	G1209 I take, receive, accept, welcome
your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
bill	γράμματα	grammata	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1121 a letter, writings, learning
said	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
sit down	καθίσας	kathisas	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2523 I set, make to sit
quickly	ταχέως	tacheōs	Adverb	G5030 soon, quickly, hastily
write	γράψον	grapson	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G1125 I write
fifty	πεντήκοντα	pentēkonta	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G4004 fifty

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.