Matthew
Chapter 12
Verse 39
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Matthew 12

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39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

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Panels 4
Word Entries 83
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.

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ· καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ, εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου.

23 word entries
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
ἀποκριθεὶς
Transliteration
apokriqeiv
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive deponent participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G611
Occurrences
109
εἶπεν
Lemma
eipen
Transliteration
eipen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
644
αὐτοῖς
Lemma
autoiv
Transliteration
autoiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
581
Γενεὰ
Lemma
genea
Transliteration
genea
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1074
Occurrences
16
πονηρὰ
Lemma
ponhra
Transliteration
ponhra
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4190
Occurrences
15
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
μοιχαλὶς
Transliteration
moicaliv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3428
Occurrences
3
σημεῖον
Lemma
shmeion
Transliteration
shmeion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4592
Occurrences
39
ἐπιζητεῖ
Transliteration
epizhtei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1934
Occurrences
7
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
σημεῖον
Lemma
shmeion
Transliteration
shmeion
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4592
Occurrences
39
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
δοθήσεται
Transliteration
doqhsetai
Morphology
Greek: verb future passive indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
16
αὐτῇ
Lemma
auth
Transliteration
auth
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
205
εἰ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
596
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
σημεῖον
Lemma
shmeion
Transliteration
shmeion
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4592
Occurrences
39
Ἰωνᾶ
Lemma
iwna
Transliteration
iwna
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2495
Occurrences
12
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
προφήτου
Transliteration
profhtou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4396
Occurrences
30
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.

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου.

23 word entries
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
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
ἀποκριθεὶς
Morphology
V-AOP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0611
Occurrences
233
εἶπεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτοῖς·
Morphology
P-DPM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
γενεὰ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1074
Occurrences
43
πονηρὰ
Morphology
A-NSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4190
Occurrences
77
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
μοιχαλὶς
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3428
Occurrences
7
σημεῖον
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4592
Occurrences
77
ἐπιζητεῖ,
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1934
Occurrences
13
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
σημεῖον
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4592
Occurrences
77
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
δοθήσεται
Morphology
V-FPI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
414
αὐτῇ
Morphology
P-DSF
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
εἰ
Lemma
εἰ
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
491
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
σημεῖον
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4592
Occurrences
77
Ἰωνᾶ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2495
Occurrences
9
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
προφήτου.
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4396
Occurrences
145
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.

ܗܘ ܕܝܢ ܥܢܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܘܓܝܪܬܐ ܐܬܐ ܒܥܝܐ ܘܐܬܐ ܠܐ ܬܬܝܗܒ ܠܗ ܐܠܐ ܐܬܗ ܕܝܘܢܢ ܢܒܝܐ

18 word entries
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
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
ܥܢܐ
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
ܥܢܐ
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
113
ܘܐܡܪ
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
w'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
651
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.
Transliteration
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
830
ܫܪܒܬܐ
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
shrbt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
34
ܒܝܫܬܐ
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
bysht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
66
ܘܓܝܪܬܐ
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
wgyrt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܐܬܐ
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
ܐܬܐ
Transliteration
etha
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
came
Occurrences
243
ܒܥܝܐ
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
b'y'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
5
ܘܐܬܐ
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
w't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
84
ܠܐ
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
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܬܬܝܗܒ
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
ttyhb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
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
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
ܐܬܗ
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
ܐܬܗ
Transliteration
'th
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܕܝܘܢܢ
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
dywnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܢܒܝܐ
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
nby'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
92
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.

Qui respondens ait illis: Generatio mala et adultera signum quærit: et signum non dabitur ei, nisi signum Jonæ prophetæ.

19 word entries
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
respondens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respondens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
ait
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aio
Transliteration
ait
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1222
illis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
generatio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
generatio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
239
mala
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malus
Transliteration
mala
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
671
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
adultera
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
adulter
Transliteration
adultera
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
23
signum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
signum
Transliteration
signum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
219
quaerit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quaero
Transliteration
quaerit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
420
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
signum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
signum
Transliteration
signum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
219
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
dabitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
dabitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
nisi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nisi
Transliteration
nisi
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
265
signum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
signum
Transliteration
signum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
219
Ionae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ionas
Transliteration
Ionae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
22
prophetae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
prophetae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
506

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Matthew 16:4

An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

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But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

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Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

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