Mark 7:27
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.”
Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
πρῶτος
first
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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καλός
good
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καλός
Good, beautiful, excellent. Kalos. She has done a beautiful thing. What looks like extravagance to the world looks beautiful to Jesus. He sees the love behind the act.
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λέγω
He was saying
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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χορτάζω
to be satisfied
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χορτάζω
to fodder, i.e. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
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λαμβάνω
to take
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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εἰμί
it is
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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τέκνον
children
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τέκνον
a child (as produced)
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κυνάριον
dogs
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κυνάριον
a puppy
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