Luke 15:24
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.”
ζάω
To live, to be alive. Zao. I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live. Life in Scripture is always relational. To live is to be connected to the source of life.
υἱός
son
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υἱός
Son, descendant, one sharing the nature of. Huios. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Sonship through faith is the highest status available to a human being.
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νεκρός
Dead
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νεκρός
Dead, lifeless, without power. Nekros. God who gives life to the dead. If God can raise the dead there is nothing in your situation that is beyond His power to restore.
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εὑρίσκω
is found.
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εὑρίσκω
To find, to discover, to obtain. Heurisko. Seek and you will find. The finding is guaranteed for those who seek. God is findable because He wants to be found.
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ἀπόλλυμι
Lost
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ἀπόλλυμι
To destroy, to lose, to perish. Apollumi. The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost. Lost not destroyed. God seeks what is lost. He never stops looking.
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εὐφραίνω
to be merry.
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εὐφραίνω
to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice
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εἰμί
he was
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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