Luke 15:23
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
עֵגֶל
ʻêgel
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
Key Terms in This Verse
טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →עֵגֶל ʻêgel
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
Study H5695 →Cross References
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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