Luke 6:48
48Likeὅμοιόςhe isἐστινto a manἀνθρώπῳbuildingοἰκοδομοῦντιa houseοἰκίανwhoὃςdugἔσκαψενandκαὶdeepenedἐβάθυνενandκαὶlaidἔθηκενa foundationθεμέλιονonἐπὶtheτὴνrockπέτραν·a floodπλημμύρηςthenδὲhaving comeγενομένηςburst uponπροσέρηξενtheὁstreamποταμὸςtheτῇhouseοἰκίᾳthatἐκείνῃ,andκαὶnotοὐκwas ableἴσχυσενto shakeσαλεῦσαιitαὐτὴνbecauseδιὰτὸwellκαλῶςhad been builtοἰκοδομῆσθαιitαὐτήν.
He is like a man building a house, who dug and deepened and laid a foundation on the rock. And a flood having come, the river burst upon that house, and it was not able to shake it, because it [was] well built.
Vocab difficulty
84.7
Rare words
ἔσκαψεν
σκάπτω
I dig, excavate.
ἐβάθυνεν
βαθύνω
I deepen, excavate.
πλημμύρης
πλήμμυρα
a flood.
προσέρηξεν
προσρήγνυμι
I dash against, as waves.