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1 Timothy 3

Bible in Basic English, Verse 2

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2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Timothy 3:2. 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 62
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.

Δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίληπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν·

14 word entries
Δεῖ
Lemma
dei
Transliteration
dei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1163
Occurrences
81
οὖν
Lemma
oun
Transliteration
oun
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3767
Occurrences
529
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
ἐπίσκοπον
Transliteration
episkopon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1985
Occurrences
5
ἀνεπίληπτον
Transliteration
anepilhpton
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G423
Occurrences
2
εἶναι
Lemma
einai
Transliteration
einai
Morphology
Greek: verb present active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
126
μιᾶς
Lemma
miav
Transliteration
miav
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
9
γυναικὸς
Transliteration
gunaikov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1135
Occurrences
23
ἄνδρα
Lemma
andra
Transliteration
andra
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G435
Occurrences
29
νηφάλιον
Lemma
|
Transliteration
|
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3524
Occurrences
40
σώφρονα
Lemma
swfrona
Transliteration
swfrona
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4998
Occurrences
2
κόσμιον
Lemma
kosmion
Transliteration
kosmion
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2887
Occurrences
1
φιλόξενον
Transliteration
filoxenon
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G5382
Occurrences
2
διδακτικόν
Transliteration
didaktikon
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1317
Occurrences
2
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.

δεῖ οὖν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνεπίλημπτον εἶναι, μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα, νηφάλιον, σώφρονα, κόσμιον, φιλόξενον, διδακτικόν,

14 word entries
δεῖ
Lemma
δεῖ
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1163
Occurrences
103
οὖν
Lemma
οὖν
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3767
Occurrences
489
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐπίσκοπον
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1985
Occurrences
5
ἀνεπίλημπτον
Morphology
A-ASM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0423
Occurrences
3
εἶναι,
Morphology
V-PAN
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
μιᾶς
Lemma
εἷς
Morphology
A-GSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
336
γυναικὸς
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1135
Occurrences
215
ἄνδρα,
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0435
Occurrences
216
νηφάλιον,
Morphology
A-ASM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3524
Occurrences
3
σώφρονα,
Morphology
A-ASM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4998
Occurrences
4
κόσμιον,
Morphology
A-ASM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2887
Occurrences
2
φιλόξενον,
Morphology
A-ASM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G5382
Occurrences
3
διδακτικόν,
Morphology
A-ASM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1317
Occurrences
2
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.

ܘܠܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܡܘܡܐ ܠܐ ܡܫܬܟܚ ܒܗ ܘܗܘܐ ܒܥܠܐ ܕܚܕܐ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܥܝܪ ܪܥܝܢܗ ܘܢܟܦ ܘܡܛܟܣ ܘܪܚܡ ܐܟܣܢܝܐ ܘܡܠܦܢ

21 word entries
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
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
ܕܢܗܘܐ
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
dnhw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
60
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.
Transliteration
qshysh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
34
ܐܝܢܐ
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
'yn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
106
ܕܡܘܡܐ
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
dmwm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
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
ܡܫܬܟܚ
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
mshtkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
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
ܘܗܘܐ
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
whw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
75
ܒܥܠܐ
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'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
6
ܕܚܕܐ
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
dhd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
13
ܐܢܬܬܐ
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
'ntt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
101
ܐܝܢܐ
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
'yn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
106
ܕܥܝܪ
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'yr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܪܥܝܢܗ
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
r'ynh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܘܢܟܦ
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
wnkp
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܘܡܛܟܣ
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
wmtks
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܘܪܚܡ
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
wrhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܐܟܣܢܝܐ
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
'ksny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
9
ܘܡܠܦܢ
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
wmlpn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
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.

Oportet ergo episcopum irreprehensibilem esse, unius uxoris virum, sobrium, prudentem, ornatum, pudicum, hospitalem, doctorem,

13 word entries
oportet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oportet
Transliteration
oportet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
121
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
episcopum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
episcopum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
6
inreprehensibilem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inreprehensibilem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
6
esse
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
esse
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
unius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
unius
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
uxoris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uxor
Transliteration
uxoris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
505
virum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
virum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
sobrium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sobrius
Transliteration
sobrium
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
12
prudentem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
prudens
Transliteration
prudentem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
60
ornatum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ornatus
Transliteration
ornatum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
18
hospitalem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
hospitalem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
4
doctorem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
doctor
Transliteration
doctorem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
19

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