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Luke 19:15

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When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

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The Hebrew and Greek words behind this passage, with Strong's numbers — from openscriptures (CC BY-SA).

Strong's Concordancev. 15

καί (kaí, G2532) — and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other… γίνομαι (gínomai, G1096) — to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with… ἐν (en, G1722) — "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc. αὐτός (autós, G846) — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the… ἐπανέρχομαι (epanérchomai, G1880) — to come up on, i.e. return λαμβάνω (lambánō, G2983) — while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove)) βασιλεία (basileía, G932) — properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or… ἔπω (épō, G2036) — to speak or say (by word or writing) τούτους (toútous, G5128) — these (persons, as objective of verb or preposition) δοῦλος (doûlos, G1401) — a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a… φωνέω (phōnéō, G5455) — to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or… ὅς (hós, G3739) — the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that δίδωμι (dídōmi, G1325) — to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or… ἀργύριον (argýrion, G694) — silvery, i.e. (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e. drachma or shekel)

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