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1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 1:1. 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 40
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.

Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφός,

11 word entries
Παῦλος
Lemma
paulov
Transliteration
paulov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3972
Occurrences
81
ἀπόστολος
Transliteration
apostolov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G652
Occurrences
18
Ἰησοῦ
Lemma
ihsou
Transliteration
ihsou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
339
Χριστοῦ
Lemma
cristou
Transliteration
cristou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
271
διὰ
Lemma
dia
Transliteration
dia
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
535
θελήματος
Transliteration
qelhmatov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2307
Occurrences
14
Θεοῦ
Lemma
qeou
Transliteration
qeou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
707
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
Τιμόθεος
Transliteration
timoqeov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5095
Occurrences
12
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
ἀδελφός
Lemma
adelfov
Transliteration
adelfov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G80
Occurrences
43
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.

Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς

11 word entries
Παῦλος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3972
Occurrences
158
ἀπόστολος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0652
Occurrences
79
Χριστοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
530
Ἰησοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
905
διὰ
Lemma
διά
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
633
θελήματος
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2307
Occurrences
62
θεοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
Τιμόθεος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5095
Occurrences
24
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀδελφὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0080
Occurrences
343
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.

ܦܘܠܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܒܨܒܝܢܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܘܛܝܡܬܐܘܣ ܐܚܐ

8 word entries
ܦܘܠܘܣ
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
pwlws
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
110
ܫܠܝܚܐ
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
shlyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
49
ܕܝܫܘܥ
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
dyshw'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
124
ܡܫܝܚܐ
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
mshyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
404
ܒܨܒܝܢܗ
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
bsbynh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
10
ܕܐܠܗܐ
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'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
586
ܘܛܝܡܬܐܘܣ
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
wtymt'ws
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܐܚܐ
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
ܐܚܐ
Transliteration
'h'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
63
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.

Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater:

10 word entries
Paulus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Paulus
Transliteration
Paulus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
158
apostolus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
apostolus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
80
Christi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christi
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541
Iesu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iesus
Transliteration
Iesu
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
970
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
voluntatem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
voluntatem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
170
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
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
Timotheus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Timotheus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
40
frater
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frater
Transliteration
frater
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1060

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.

2 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

15 relevance votes

Philemon 1:1

Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,

8 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

8 relevance votes

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,

7 relevance votes

1 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

7 relevance votes

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

7 relevance votes

1 Thessalonians 3:2

We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;

5 relevance votes

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:

5 relevance votes

2 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

5 relevance votes
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