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Galatians 3

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16 Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

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Panels 4
Word Entries 100
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Τῷ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ ἐρρήθησαν αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ. Οὐ λέγει, Καὶ τοῖς σπέρμασιν, ὡς ἐπὶ πολλῶν, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς ἐφ᾿ ἑνός, Καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου, ὅς ἐστι Χριστός.

29 word entries
Τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
Ἀβραὰμ
Lemma
abraam
Transliteration
abraam
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G11
Occurrences
73
ἐρρήθησαν
Transliteration
errhqhsan
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2046
Occurrences
1
αἱ
Lemma
ai
Transliteration
ai
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
152
ἐπαγγελίαι
Transliteration
epaggeliai
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1860
Occurrences
3
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
σπέρματι
Transliteration
spermati
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
7
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
Οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
λέγει
Lemma
legei
Transliteration
legei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
337
Καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
σπέρμασιν
Transliteration
spermasin
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
1
ὡς
Lemma
wv
Transliteration
wv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
494
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
πολλῶν
Lemma
pollwn
Transliteration
pollwn
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
41
ἀλλ᾿
Lemma
all
Transliteration
all
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G235
Occurrences
316
ὡς
Lemma
wv
Transliteration
wv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
494
ἐφ᾿
Lemma
ef
Transliteration
ef
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
82
ἑνός
Lemma
enov
Transliteration
enov
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
34
Καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
σπέρματί
Transliteration
spermati
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
7
σου
Lemma
sou
Transliteration
sou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
498
ὅς
Lemma
ov
Transliteration
ov
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
231
ἐστι
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
Χριστός
Lemma
cristov
Transliteration
cristov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
117
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

τῷ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ ἐρρέθησαν αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ. οὐ λέγει, καὶ τοῖς σπέρμασιν, ὡς ἐπὶ πολλῶν, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐφ’ ἑνός, καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου, ὅς ἐστιν Χριστός.

29 word entries
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
Ἀβραὰμ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0011
Occurrences
73
ἐρρέθησαν
Morphology
V-API-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2046
Occurrences
96
αἱ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐπαγγελίαι
Morphology
N-NPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1860
Occurrences
52
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
σπέρματι
Morphology
N-DSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
44
αὐτοῦ.
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
λέγει,
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τοῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
σπέρμασιν,
Morphology
N-DPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
44
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
πολλῶν,
Morphology
A-GPN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
354
ἀλλ’
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G0235
Occurrences
636
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
ἐφ’
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
ἑνός,
Lemma
εἷς
Morphology
A-GSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
336
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
σπέρματί
Morphology
N-DSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
44
σου,
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
ὅς
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-NSM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Χριστός.
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
530
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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.

ܠܐܒܪܗܡ ܕܝܢ ܐܬܡܠܟ ܡܘܠܟܢܐ ܘܠܙܪܥܗ ܘܠܐ ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܕܠܙܪܥܝܟ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܠܐ ܠܙܪܥܟ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܚܕ ܗܘ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܡܫܝܚܐ

18 word entries
ܠܐܒܪܗܡ
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.
Transliteration
l'brhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
15
ܕܝܢ
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
ܕܝܢ
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1830
ܐܬܡܠܟ
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.
Transliteration
'tmlk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܡܘܠܟܢܐ
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.
Transliteration
mwlkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
19
ܘܠܙܪܥܗ
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.
Transliteration
wlzr'h
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
732
ܐܡܪ
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
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1592
ܕܠܙܪܥܝܟ
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.
Transliteration
dlzr'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܕܠܣܓܝܐܐ
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.
Transliteration
dlsgy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܐܠܐ
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
ܐܠܐ
Transliteration
'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
784
ܠܙܪܥܟ
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.
Transliteration
lzr'k
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܕܠܚܕ
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.
Transliteration
dlhd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
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
ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ
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.
Transliteration
d'ytwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
93
ܡܫܝܚܐ
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.
Transliteration
mshyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
404
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Abrahæ dictæ sunt promissiones, et semini ejus. Non dicit: Et seminibus, quasi in multis: sed quasi in uno: Et semini tuo, qui est Christus.

24 word entries
Abrahae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Abraham
Transliteration
Abrahae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
214
dictae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dictae
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
promissiones
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
promissiones
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
35
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
semini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
semen
Transliteration
semini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
287
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
dicit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
seminibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
semen
Transliteration
seminibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
287
quasi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quasi
Transliteration
quasi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
989
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
multis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
multus
Transliteration
multis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1032
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
quasi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quasi
Transliteration
quasi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
989
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
uno
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
uno
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
semini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
semen
Transliteration
semini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
287
tuo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tuo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
Christus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541

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.

Romans 4:13

For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

17 relevance votes

Luke 1:55

(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

13 relevance votes

Romans 4:16

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

9 relevance votes

Genesis 12:7

And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

8 relevance votes

Galatians 3:8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying , In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

7 relevance votes

Genesis 12:3

and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

6 relevance votes

Genesis 21:12

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

5 relevance votes

Acts 3:25

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

5 relevance votes

Colossians 3:11

where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 15:5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

4 relevance votes

Romans 12:5

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

3 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

3 relevance votes
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