James
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James 2

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20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to James 2:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 52
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.

Θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι, ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ, ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν;

14 word entries
Θέλεις
Lemma
qeleiv
Transliteration
qeleiv
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
19
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
γνῶναι
Lemma
gnwnai
Transliteration
gnwnai
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1097
Occurrences
18
Lemma
w
Transliteration
w
Morphology
Greek: interjection
Part of Speech
interjection
Strong's
G5599
Occurrences
150
ἄνθρωπε
Lemma
anqrwpe
Transliteration
anqrwpe
Morphology
Greek: noun vocative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G444
Occurrences
9
κενέ
Lemma
kene
Transliteration
kene
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2756
Occurrences
1
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1450
πίστις
Lemma
pistiv
Transliteration
pistiv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
36
χωρὶς
Lemma
cwriv
Transliteration
cwriv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5565
Occurrences
40
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
ἔργων
Lemma
ergwn
Transliteration
ergwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
43
νεκρά
Lemma
nekra
Transliteration
nekra
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3498
Occurrences
4
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
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.

θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι, ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ, ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων ἀργή ἐστιν;

14 word entries
θέλεις
Morphology
V-PAI-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
208
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
γνῶναι,
Morphology
V-2AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1097
Occurrences
222
Lemma
Morphology
INJ
Part of Speech
INJ
Strong's
G5599
Occurrences
17
ἄνθρωπε
Morphology
N-VSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0444
Occurrences
550
κενέ,
Morphology
A-VSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2756
Occurrences
18
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πίστις
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
243
χωρὶς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5565
Occurrences
41
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἔργων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
169
ἀργή
Morphology
A-NSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0692
Occurrences
8
ἐστιν;
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
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.

ܨܒܐ ܐܢܬ ܕܝܢ ܕܬܕܥ ܐܘ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܚܠܫܐ ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܥܒܕܐ ܡܝܬܐ ܗܝ

12 word entries
ܨܒܐ
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
ܨܒܐ
Transliteration
sb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
99
ܐܢܬ
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
ܐܢܬ
Transliteration
ant
Morphology
personal pronoun, second singular
Gloss
you
Occurrences
491
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
ܕܬܕܥ
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
dtd'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܐܘ
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
ܐܘ
Transliteration
'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
312
ܒܪܢܫܐ
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
brnsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
61
ܚܠܫܐ
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
hlsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
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
dhymnwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
22
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
720
ܥܒܕܐ
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
'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
132
ܡܝܬܐ
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
myt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
113
ܗܝ
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
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
403
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.

Vis autem scire, o homo inanis, quoniam fides sine operibus mortua est?

12 word entries
vis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uolo
Transliteration
vis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
538
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
scire
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scio
Transliteration
scire
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
693
o
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
75
homo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
homo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
inanis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inanis
Transliteration
inanis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
25
quoniam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quoniam
Transliteration
quoniam
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1134
fides
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fides
Transliteration
fides
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
294
sine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sine
Transliteration
sine
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
241
operibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
operibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
otiosa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
otiosus
Transliteration
otiosa
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
9
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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.

James 2:17

Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

9 relevance votes

James 2:26

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

8 relevance votes

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He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

7 relevance votes

Romans 1:21

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

4 relevance votes

Galatians 6:3

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

3 relevance votes

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If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

2 relevance votes

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from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;

2 relevance votes

Colossians 2:8

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

2 relevance votes

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For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,

2 relevance votes

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Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

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