Luke 14:19
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.”
ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
πορεύομαι
I am going
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πορεύομαι
to traverse, i.e. travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.);
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ζεῦγος
Yoke
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ζεῦγος
a couple, i.e. a team (of oxen yoked together) or brace (of birds tied together)
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δοκιμάζω
to prove
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δοκιμάζω
to test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve
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βοῦς
of oxen
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βοῦς
an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef")
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ἐρωτάω
I beg of
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ἐρωτάω
to interrogate; by implication, to request
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παραιτέομαι
excused.
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παραιτέομαι
to beg off, i.e. deprecate, decline, shun
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ἔπω
said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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ἕτερος
another
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ἕτερος
(an-, the) other or different
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πέντε
five
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πέντε
"five"
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