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κεράτιον
keration
G2769
G:N-N Greek

husk

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Keration denotes the food pods the hungry man wished to eat alongside the pigs in Luke 15:16.

The term is attested for pods sought as food in the hungry man's desire to fill his stomach while pigs were eating in Luke 15:16.

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  1. Pods desired as food · dominant

    In Luke 15:16, the genitive plural form occurs in the expression of a man's desire to fill his stomach; the APB renders the verse with “the pods that the pigs were eating.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 15:16, the APB presents the item as “pods” being eaten by pigs; This rendering is confirmed only by the verse's food-and-hunger context.

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