Luke 16:21
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Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

desiring.

1 Corinthians 4:11 Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no fixed abode.

2 Corinthians 11:27 In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:

crumbs.

Matthew 15:27 But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

Mark 7:28 But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat under the table of the crumbs of the children.

John 6:12 And when they were filled, he said to his disciples: gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost.

Context
The Rich Man and Lazarus
20And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, 21Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.…
Cross References
Matthew 15:27
But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

Luke 16:20
And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,

Luke 16:22
And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.

Lexicon
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

longing
ἐπιθυμῶν (epithymōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1937: To long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon. From epi and thumos; to set the heart upon, i.e. Long for.

to be fed
χορτασθῆναι (chortasthēnai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Strong's Greek 5526: To feed, satisfy, fatten. From chortos; to fodder, i.e. to gorge.

with
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

crumbs that fell
πιπτόντων (piptontōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

rich man’s
πλουσίου (plousiou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4145: Rich, abounding in, wealthy; subst: a rich man. From ploutos; wealthy; figuratively, abounding with.

table.
τραπέζης (trapezēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5132: Probably contracted from tessares and peze; a table or stool, usually for food; also a counter for money.

Even
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

dogs
κύνες (kynes)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2965: A dog, universally despised in the East. A primary word; a dog.

came
ἐρχόμενοι (erchomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

[and] licked
ἐπέλειχον (epeleichon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 621: To lick off, lick clean, lick up. From apo and leicho; to lick clean.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sores.
ἕλκη (helkē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1668: A (festering) sore, a wound. Probably from helkuo; an ulcer.


Additional Translations
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

and desiring to be fed from that falling from the table of the rich man; but even the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs come and licked his sores.

and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.

covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.
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