21 Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 13:21. 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
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Κἀκεῖθεν ᾐτήσαντο βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Σαοὺλ υἱὸν Κίς, ἄνδρα ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν, ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα.
Κἀκεῖθεν
ᾐτήσαντο
βασιλέα
καὶ
ἔδωκεν
αὐτοῖς
ὁ
Θεὸς
τὸν
Σαοὺλ
υἱὸν
ἄνδρα
ἐκ
φυλῆς
Βενιαμίν
ἔτη
τεσσαράκοντα
- Lemma
- tessarakonta
- Transliteration
- tessarakonta
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective nominative
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G5062
- Occurrences
- 21
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
κἀκεῖθεν ᾐτήσαντο βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς τὸν Σαοὺλ υἱὸν Κείς, ἄνδρα ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμείν, ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα.
καὶ
ὁ
θεὸς
τὸν
τεσσεράκοντα.
- Lemma
- τεσσαράκοντα
- Morphology
- A-NUI
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G5062
- Occurrences
- 22
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.
ܘܗܝܕܝܢ ܫܐܠܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܘܝܗܒ ܠܗܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܫܐܘܠ ܒܪ ܩܝܫ ܓܒܪܐ ܡܢ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܫܢܝܢ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ
ܘܗܝܕܝܢ
- 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
- ܘܗܝܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- whydyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 35
ܫܐܠܘ
- 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
- ܫܐܠܘ
- Transliteration
- sh'lw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 34
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
ܡܠܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 84
ܘܝܗܒ
- 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
- ܘܝܗܒ
- Transliteration
- wyhb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 46
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
ܐܠܗܐ
- 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
- ܐܠܗܐ
- Transliteration
- alaha
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- God
- Occurrences
- 497
ܠܫܐܘܠ
- 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
- ܠܫܐܘܠ
- Transliteration
- lsh'wl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܒܪ
- 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
- ܒܪ
- Transliteration
- bar
- Morphology
- noun, masculine construct singular
- Gloss
- son
- Occurrences
- 144
ܩܝܫ
- 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
- ܩܝܫ
- Transliteration
- qysh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܓܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܓܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 206
ܡܢ
- 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
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2166
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.
- Lemma
- ܫܪܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- shrbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 34
ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dbnymyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܫܢܝܢ
- 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
- ܫܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- shnyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 46
ܐܪܒܥܝܢ
- 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
- ܐܪܒܥܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'rb'yn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 19
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Et exinde postulaverunt regem: et dedit illis Deus Saul filium Cis, virum de tribu Benjamin, annis quadraginta:
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
exinde
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- exinde
- Transliteration
- exinde
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 9
postulaverunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- postulo
- Transliteration
- postulaverunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 71
regem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
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
dedit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- do
- Transliteration
- dedit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2116
illis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ille
- Transliteration
- illis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4947
Deus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- deus
- Transliteration
- Deus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Gloss
- God
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- God, deity
- Etymology
- Latin noun for God or a god.
- Occurrences
- 4889
Saul
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Saul
- Transliteration
- Saul
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 388
filium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- filium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
Cis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Cis
- Transliteration
- Cis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 21
virum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uir
- Transliteration
- virum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1641
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
tribu
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tribus
- Transliteration
- tribu
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 247
Beniamin
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Beniamin
- Transliteration
- Beniamin
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 158
annis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- annus
- Transliteration
- annis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 831
quadraginta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quadraginta
- Transliteration
- quadraginta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 156
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.
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:
8 relevance votes1 Samuel 15:1
And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.
4 relevance votes1 Samuel 11:15
So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.
3 relevance votes