23 And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 14:23. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς πρεσβυτέρους κατ᾿ ἐκκλησίαν, προσευξάμενοι μετὰ νηστειῶν, παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰς ὃν πεπιστεύκεισαν.
Χειροτονήσαντες
- Lemma
- ceirotonhsantev
- Transliteration
- ceirotonhsantev
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G5500
- Occurrences
- 1
δὲ
αὐτοῖς
πρεσβυτέρους
- Lemma
- presbuterouv
- Transliteration
- presbuterouv
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective accusative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 12
κατ᾿
ἐκκλησίαν
προσευξάμενοι
- Lemma
- proseuxamenoi
- Transliteration
- proseuxamenoi
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist middle deponent participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4336
- Occurrences
- 4
μετὰ
νηστειῶν
παρέθεντο
αὐτοὺς
τῷ
Κυρίῳ
εἰς
ὃν
πεπιστεύκεισαν
- Lemma
- pepisteukeisan
- Transliteration
- pepisteukeisan
- Morphology
- Greek: verb pluperfect active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4100
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς κατ’ ἐκκλησίαν πρεσβυτέρους προσευξάμενοι μετὰ νηστειῶν παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ κυρίῳ εἰς ὃν πεπιστεύκεισαν.
χειροτονήσαντες
- Lemma
- χειροτονέω
- Morphology
- V-AAP-NPM
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G5500
- Occurrences
- 2
πρεσβυτέρους
- Lemma
- πρεσβύτερος
- Morphology
- A-APM-C
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 66
προσευξάμενοι
- Lemma
- προσεύχομαι
- Morphology
- V-ADP-NPM
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G4336
- Occurrences
- 85
παρέθεντο
- Lemma
- παρατίθημι
- Morphology
- V-2AMI-3P
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G3908
- Occurrences
- 19
τῷ
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܐܩܝܡܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܟܠ ܥܕܬܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܟܕ ܨܝܡܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܘܡܨܠܝܢ ܘܡܓܥܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܠܡܪܢ ܗܘ ܕܗܝܡܢܘ ܒܗ
ܘܐܩܝܡܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܩܝܡܘ
- Transliteration
- w'qymw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
ܒܟܠ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܟܠ
- Transliteration
- bkl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 70
ܥܕܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܕܬܐ
- Transliteration
- 'dt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 43
ܩܫܝܫܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܫܝܫܐ
- Transliteration
- qshysh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 34
ܟܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 730
ܨܝܡܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܨܝܡܝܢ
- Transliteration
- symyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 10
ܗܘܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܘ
- Transliteration
- hww
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 815
ܥܡܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܡܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'mhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 100
ܘܡܨܠܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܨܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- wmslyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
ܘܡܓܥܠܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܓܥܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- wmg'lyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܗܘܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܘ
- Transliteration
- hww
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 815
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
ܠܡܪܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܪܢ
- Transliteration
- lmrn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 27
ܗܘ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܘ
- Transliteration
- hu
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, it, is
- Occurrences
- 1648
ܕܗܝܡܢܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܗܝܡܢܘ
- Transliteration
- dhymnw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 10
ܒܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܗ
- Transliteration
- bh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 343
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Transeuntesque Pisidiam, venerunt in Pamphyliam,
transeuntesque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- transeo
- Transliteration
- transeuntesque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 403
{transeuntesque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {transeuntesque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
Pisidiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pisidia
- Transliteration
- Pisidiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2
venerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- venerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
Pamphiliam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pamphylia
- Transliteration
- Pamphiliam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 6
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Titus 1:5
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
10 relevance votesActs 11:30
which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
7 relevance votesJames 5:14
Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
7 relevance votesActs 20:32
And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
6 relevance votes2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
6 relevance votes1 Timothy 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
5 relevance votesActs 20:17
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.
5 relevance votes1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
5 relevance votes2 John 1:1
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;
4 relevance votesActs 15:4
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.
4 relevance votes3 John 1:1
The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
4 relevance votesActs 15:6
And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.
4 relevance votes