Luke 16:21
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores."
Word-by-Word Analysis
ζητέω
zētéō
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שֻׁלְחָן
shulchân
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
כֶּלֶב
keleb
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
ζητέω zētéō
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
Study G2212 →רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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