Acts
Chapter 13
Verse 21
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Acts 13

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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.

Panels 4
Word Entries 69
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.

Κἀκεῖθεν ᾐτήσαντο βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Σαοὺλ υἱὸν Κίς, ἄνδρα ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν, ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα.

18 word entries
Κἀκεῖθεν
Transliteration
kakeiqen
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G2547
Occurrences
9
ᾐτήσαντο
Transliteration
hthsanto
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist middle indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G154
Occurrences
2
βασιλέα
Lemma
basilea
Transliteration
basilea
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G935
Occurrences
15
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἔδωκεν
Lemma
edwken
Transliteration
edwken
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
67
αὐτοῖς
Lemma
autoiv
Transliteration
autoiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
581
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Θεὸς
Lemma
qeov
Transliteration
qeov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
315
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
Σαοὺλ
Lemma
saoul
Transliteration
saoul
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4549
Occurrences
9
υἱὸν
Lemma
uion
Transliteration
uion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
84
Κίς
Lemma
kiv
Transliteration
kiv
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2797
Occurrences
1
ἄνδρα
Lemma
andra
Transliteration
andra
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G435
Occurrences
29
ἐκ
Lemma
ek
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
679
φυλῆς
Lemma
fulhv
Transliteration
fulhv
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5443
Occurrences
20
Βενιαμίν
Transliteration
beniamin
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G958
Occurrences
4
ἔτη
Lemma
eth
Transliteration
eth
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2094
Occurrences
29
τεσσαράκοντα
Transliteration
tessarakonta
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G5062
Occurrences
21
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.

κἀκεῖθεν ᾐτήσαντο βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς τὸν Σαοὺλ υἱὸν Κείς, ἄνδρα ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμείν, ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα.

18 word entries
κἀκεῖθεν
Morphology
ADV-K
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G2547
Occurrences
10
ᾐτήσαντο
Morphology
V-AMI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0154
Occurrences
70
βασιλέα,
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0935
Occurrences
115
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἔδωκεν
Morphology
V-AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
414
αὐτοῖς
Morphology
P-DPM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Σαοὺλ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4549
Occurrences
9
υἱὸν
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
376
Κείς,
Lemma
Κίς
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2797
Occurrences
1
ἄνδρα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0435
Occurrences
216
ἐκ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
φυλῆς
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5443
Occurrences
31
Βενιαμείν,
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0958
Occurrences
4
ἔτη
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2094
Occurrences
49
τεσσεράκοντα.
Morphology
A-NUI
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G5062
Occurrences
22
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.

ܘܗܝܕܝܢ ܫܐܠܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܘܝܗܒ ܠܗܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܫܐܘܠ ܒܪ ܩܝܫ ܓܒܪܐ ܡܢ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܫܢܝܢ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ

16 word entries
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transliteration
'rb'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
19
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.

Et exinde postulaverunt regem: et dedit illis Deus Saul filium Cis, virum de tribu Benjamin, annis quadraginta:

17 word entries
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
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
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 votes

1 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 votes

1 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
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