Luke 8:32
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.”
παρακαλέω
To comfort, to exhort, to encourage. Parakaleo. The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. He does not just send comfort. He is the God who comforts personally.
ὄρος
mountain,
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ὄρος
Mountain, hill. Oros. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD. Mountains are a reminder to look up not just around.
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εἰσέρχομαι
to enter.
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εἰσέρχομαι
To enter, to go in, to come in. Eiserchomai. Enter through the narrow gate. The narrow gate requires humility. Pride cannot fit through it. Only those who bow can enter.
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ἱκανός
many
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ἱκανός
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
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βόσκω
feeding
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βόσκω
to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze
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ἐπιτρέπω
He allowed
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ἐπιτρέπω
to turn over (transfer), i.e. allow
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εἰμί
There was
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἐκεῖ
there
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ἐκεῖ
there; by extension, thither
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χοῖρος
of pigs
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χοῖρος
a hog
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