Acts
Chapter 15
Verse 20
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Acts 15

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20 But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

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Panels 4
Word Entries 67
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.

ἀλλὰ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ τῆς πορνείας καὶ τοῦ πνικτοῦ καὶ τοῦ αἵματος.

19 word entries
ἀλλὰ
Lemma
alla
Transliteration
alla
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G235
Occurrences
334
ἐπιστεῖλαι
Transliteration
episteilai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1989
Occurrences
1
αὐτοῖς
Lemma
autoiv
Transliteration
autoiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
581
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
ἀπέχεσθαι
Transliteration
apecesqai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G568
Occurrences
5
ἀπὸ
Lemma
apo
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G575
Occurrences
503
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
ἀλισγημάτων
Transliteration
alisghmatwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G234
Occurrences
1
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
εἰδώλων
Lemma
eidwlwn
Transliteration
eidwlwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1497
Occurrences
4
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
πορνείας
Transliteration
porneiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4202
Occurrences
12
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
πνικτοῦ
Lemma
pniktou
Transliteration
pniktou
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4156
Occurrences
2
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
αἵματος
Lemma
aimatov
Transliteration
aimatov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G129
Occurrences
35
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.

ἀλλὰ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ τῆς πορνείας καὶ τοῦ πνικτοῦ καὶ τοῦ αἵματος·

18 word entries
ἀλλὰ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G0235
Occurrences
636
ἐπιστεῖλαι
Morphology
V-AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1989
Occurrences
3
αὐτοῖς
Morphology
P-DPM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀπέχεσθαι
Morphology
V-PMN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0568
Occurrences
18
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀλισγημάτων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0234
Occurrences
1
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
εἰδώλων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1497
Occurrences
11
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πορνείας
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4202
Occurrences
25
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πνικτοῦ
Morphology
A-GSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4156
Occurrences
3
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
αἵματος·
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0129
Occurrences
97
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.

ܐܠܐ ܢܫܬܠܚ ܠܗܘܢ ܕܢܗܘܘܢ ܦܪܝܩܝܢ ܡܢ ܛܡܐܘܬܐ ܕܕܒܝܚܐ ܘܡܢ ܙܢܝܘܬܐ ܘܡܢ ܕܚܢܝܩܐ ܘܡܢ ܕܡܐ

14 word entries
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
ܢܫܬܠܚ
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
nshtlh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
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
ܕܢܗܘܘܢ
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
dnhwwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
39
ܦܪܝܩܝܢ
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
pryqyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
3
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
ܛܡܐܘܬܐ
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
tm'wt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܕܕܒܝܚܐ
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
ddbyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
6
ܘܡܢ
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
ܘܡܢ
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
285
ܙܢܝܘܬܐ
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
znywt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
15
ܘܡܢ
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
ܘܡܢ
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
285
ܕܚܢܝܩܐ
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
dhnyq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܘܡܢ
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
ܘܡܢ
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
285
ܕܡܐ
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
ܕܡܐ
Transliteration
dm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
64
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.

sed scribere ad eos ut abstineant se a contaminationibus simulacrorum, et fornicatione, et suffocatis, et sanguine.

16 word entries
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
scribere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scribo
Transliteration
scribere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
451
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
eos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
abstineant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
abstineant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
14
se
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
se
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
contaminationibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
contaminationibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
4
simulacrorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
simulacrorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
43
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
fornicatione
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
fornicatione
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
70
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
suffocatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suffoco
Transliteration
suffocatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
14
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
sanguine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sanguis
Transliteration
sanguine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
475

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.

Revelation 2:20

But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

9 relevance votes

Acts 15:29

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

9 relevance votes

Revelation 2:14

But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.

8 relevance votes

Leviticus 3:17

Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

7 relevance votes

Genesis 9:4

But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

7 relevance votes

Acts 21:25

But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

5 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 6:9

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

4 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 6:18

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

4 relevance votes

Colossians 3:5

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

3 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 12:16

But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

3 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

3 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:3

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

3 relevance votes
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