Luke 16:1

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.

  1. ἜλεγενElegen“He was saying”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  2. δὲde“now”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. καὶkai“also”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  4. πρὸςpros“to”
    Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
  5. τοὺςtous“the”
    Article, accusative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. μαθητάςmathētas“disciples”
    Noun, accusative, plural, masculine · from μαθητής · “disciple” · Strong's G3101
  7. ἄνθρωπόςanthrōpos“A man”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἄνθρωπος · “a human” · Strong's G0444
  8. τιςtis“certain”
    Indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “one” · Strong's G5100
  9. ἦνēn“there was”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  10. πλούσιοςplousios“rich”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “rich” · Strong's G4145
  11. ὃςhos“who”
    Relative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
  12. εἶχενeichen“had”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔχω · “to have/be” · Strong's G2192
  13. οἰκονόμον,oikonomon“a manager,”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from οἰκονόμος · “manager” · Strong's G3623
  14. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  15. οὗτοςhoutos“he”
    Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  16. διεβλήθηdieblēthē“was accused”
    Verb, aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular · from διαβάλλω · “to accuse” · Strong's G1225
  17. αὐτῷautō“unto him”
    Personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  18. ὡςhōs“as”
    Particle · “which/how” · Strong's G5613
  19. διασκορπίζωνdiaskorpizōn“wasting”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from διασκορπίζω · “to scatter” · Strong's G1287
  20. τὰta“the”
    Article, accusative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  21. ὑπάρχονταhuparchonta“possessions”
    Verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, neuter · from ὑπάρχω · “to be” · Strong's G5225
  22. 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)