σῑτ-ευτός G4618
fattened, fed up; animals raised and prepared for feasting
This adjective describes animals that have been fattened or fed up for slaughter, particularly for celebratory feasts. Classical usage referred to both people and animals being well-fed. Luke uses it exclusively in the parable of the prodigal son to describe the special calf killed for the celebration. The term emphasizes abundance and festivity.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes the fattened calf in the prodigal son parable. Luke 15:23 records the father's command: 'Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.' Verse 27 reports the servant's explanation to the older brother: 'your father has killed the fattened calf.' Verse 30 quotes the older brother's complaint: 'when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.' The Spanish 'engordado' and French 'engraissé' emphasize the deliberate feeding process. This was not just any calf but the special one reserved for the most joyous occasions—expressing the father's extravagant delight at his son's return. 3×
AR["المُسَمَّنَ"]·ben["হৃষ্টপুষ্ট", "হৃষ্টপুষ্টটি"]·DE["σιτευτόν", "σιτευτὸν"]·EN["fattened"]·FR["engraissé"]·heb["מְפֻטָּם"]·HI["मोटा"]·ID["yang-gemuk"]·IT["siteuton"]·jav["lemu", "lemu,"]·KO["살진"]·PT["cevado"]·RU["откормленного"]·ES["engordado"]·SW["aliyenona"]·TR["besili"]·urd["موٹے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
σῑτ-ευτός, ή, όν, fed up, fatted, παῖδες Refs 5th c.BC+; of beasts, NT+4th c.BC+