Luke 19:8
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.”
πτωχός
Not just financially poor — ptochos is the one who crouches, who has nothing to stand on. Blessed are those who know they have nothing in themselves before God. That emptiness is not a problem. It is the very space into which the kingdom enters.
ὑπάρχω
possessions
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ὑπάρχω
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
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ἵστημι
Having stood
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ἵστημι
To stand, to set, to place. Histemi. Having done all stand. Stand therefore. When you have done everything else there is still this. Stand in what Christ has already accomplished.
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συκοφαντέω
I have defrauded,
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συκοφαντέω
to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort)
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κύριος
Lord,
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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δίδωμι
I give;
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δίδωμι
To give, to grant, to bestow. Didomi. God so loved the world that He gave. Giving is the language of love. The greatest gift is always the giver themselves.
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τὶς
anything
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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ἰδού
Behold
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ἰδού
used as imperative lo!;
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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Ζακχαῖος
Zacchaeus
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Ζακχαῖος
Zacchæus, an Israelite
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ἥμισυ
half
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ἥμισυ
(as noun) half
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τετραπλόος
fourfold.
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τετραπλόος
quadruple
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