Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.Luke 16:1
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Original language (Greek)
Ἔλεγεν δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν πλούσιος ὃς εἶχεν οἰκονόμον, καὶ οὗτος διεβλήθη αὐτῷ ὡς διασκορπίζων τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ.
- ἜλεγενElegen“He was saying”Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- δὲde“now”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- καὶkai“also”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- πρὸςpros“to”Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
- τοὺςtous“the”Article, accusative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- μαθητάςmathētas“disciples”Noun, accusative, plural, masculine · from μαθητής · “disciple” · Strong's G3101
- ἄνθρωπόςanthrōpos“A man”Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἄνθρωπος · “a human” · Strong's G0444
- τιςtis“certain”Indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “one” · Strong's G5100
- ἦνēn“there was”Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
- πλούσιοςplousios“rich”Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “rich” · Strong's G4145
- ὃςhos“who”Relative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
- εἶχενeichen“had”Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔχω · “to have/be” · Strong's G2192
- οἰκονόμον,oikonomon“a manager,”Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from οἰκονόμος · “manager” · Strong's G3623
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- οὗτοςhoutos“he”Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
- διεβλήθηdieblēthē“was accused”Verb, aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular · from διαβάλλω · “to accuse” · Strong's G1225
- αὐτῷautō“unto him”Personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- ὡςhōs“as”Particle · “which/how” · Strong's G5613
- διασκορπίζωνdiaskorpizōn“wasting”Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from διασκορπίζω · “to scatter” · Strong's G1287
- τὰta“the”Article, accusative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ὑπάρχονταhuparchonta“possessions”Verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, neuter · from ὑπάρχω · “to be” · Strong's G5225
- αὐτοῦ.autou“of him.”Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)