Luke 16:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©GreekStrong'sOrigin
"And a poor manπτωχὸς
(ptōchos)
4434: (of one who crouches and cowers, hence) beggarly, pooradjective from ptóssó (to crouch, cower)
namedὀνόματι
(onomati)
3686: a name, authority, causea prim. word
LazarusΛάζαρος
(lazaros)
2976: Lazarus, the name of two Isr.contr. of Heb. Elazar
was laidἐβέβλητο
(ebeblēto)
906: to throw, casta prim. word
at his gate,πυλῶνα
(pulōna)
4440: a porch, gatewayfrom pulé
covered with sores,εἱλκωμένος
(eilkōmenos)
1669: to wound, to ulcerate, pass. to suffer from soresfrom helkos


















KJV Lexicon
πτωχος  adjective - nominative singular masculine
ptochos  pto-khos':  a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense -- beggar(-ly), poor.
δε  conjunction
de  deh:  but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
τις  indefinite pronoun - nominative singular masculine
tis  tis:  some or any person or object
ην  verb - imperfect indicative - third person singular
en  ane:  I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were) -- + agree, be, have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
ονοματι  noun - dative singular neuter
onoma  on'-om-ah:  a name (authority, character) -- called, (+ sur-)name(-d).
λαζαρος  noun - nominative singular masculine
Lazaros  lad'-zar-os:  Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary) -- Lazarus.
ος  relative pronoun - nominative singular masculine
hos  hos:  the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that -- one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc.
εβεβλητο  verb - pluperfect passive indicative - third person singular
ballo  bal'-lo:  to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense) -- arise, cast (out), dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust.
προς  preposition
pros  pros:  a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward
τον  definite article - accusative singular masculine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
πυλωνα  noun - accusative singular masculine
pulon  poo-lone':  a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule -- gate, porch.
αυτου  personal pronoun - genitive singular masculine
autos  ow-tos':  the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
ηλκωμενος  verb - perfect passive participle - nominative singular masculine
helkoo  hel-ko'-o:  to cause to ulcerate, i.e. (passively) be ulcerous -- full of sores.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

King James Bible
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.

International Standard Version
A beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was brought to his gate.

NET Bible
But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And there was a certain poor man whose name was Lazar and he lay at the gate of that rich man, being stricken with abscesses.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There was also a beggar named Lazarus who was regularly brought to the gate of the rich man's house.

King James 2000 Bible
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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