Luke 15:16 KJV

Luke · chapter 15 · verse 16 · King James Version

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.Luke 15:16 · King James Version

Luke 15:16 in context

14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

filledgemizōto fill, fill fullG1072 →
bellykoiliathe whole belly, the entire cavity, the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are…G2836 →
huskskerationa little horn, the name of the fruit, Ceratonia silqua or carobtree (called also John's…G2769 →
swinechoirosa swineG5519 →
fainepithymeōto turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, long for, to desire, to lust after, covet, of…G1937 →
gavedidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →