King James Version
Luke 15:17 in the King James Version says “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I peris...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!”
Luke 15:17 · KJV
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“when he came”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“How many”
G4214interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
“enough and to spare”
G4052to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
“perish”
G622to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
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