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Colossians 2

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1 For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 2:1. 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 86
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.

Θέλω γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰδέναι ἡλίκον ἀγῶνα ἔχω περὶ ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ, καὶ ὅσοι οὐχ ἑωράκασι τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐν σαρκί,

22 word entries
Θέλω
Lemma
qelw
Transliteration
qelw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
39
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
ὑμᾶς
Lemma
umav
Transliteration
umav
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
438
εἰδέναι
Lemma
eidenai
Transliteration
eidenai
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
12
ἡλίκον
Lemma
hlikon
Transliteration
hlikon
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2245
Occurrences
1
ἀγῶνα
Lemma
agwna
Transliteration
agwna
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G73
Occurrences
5
ἔχω
Lemma
ecw
Transliteration
ecw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
51
περὶ
Lemma
peri
Transliteration
peri
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4012
Occurrences
331
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
Λαοδικείᾳ
Transliteration
laodikeia
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2993
Occurrences
3
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ὅσοι
Lemma
osoi
Transliteration
osoi
Morphology
Greek: correlative pronoun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
correlative pronoun
Strong's
G3745
Occurrences
30
οὐχ
Lemma
ouc
Transliteration
ouc
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
105
ἑωράκασι
Transliteration
ewrakasin
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
3
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
πρόσωπόν
Transliteration
proswpon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4383
Occurrences
47
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
587
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
σαρκί
Lemma
sarki
Transliteration
sarki
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4561
Occurrences
40
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.

Θέλω γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰδέναι ἡλίκον ἀγῶνα ἔχω ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐν Λαοδικίᾳ καὶ ὅσοι οὐχ ἑόρακαν τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐν σαρκί,

22 word entries
Θέλω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
208
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
ὑμᾶς
Morphology
P-2AP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
εἰδέναι
Morphology
V-RAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
317
ἡλίκον
Morphology
A-ASM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2245
Occurrences
3
ἀγῶνα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0073
Occurrences
6
ἔχω
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
ὑπὲρ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G5228
Occurrences
148
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
Λαοδικίᾳ
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2993
Occurrences
6
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ὅσοι
Morphology
K-NPM
Part of Speech
K
Strong's
G3745
Occurrences
108
οὐχ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
ἑόρακαν
Morphology
V-RAI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
683
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πρόσωπόν
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4383
Occurrences
77
μου
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
σαρκί,
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4561
Occurrences
147
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.

ܨܒܐ ܐܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܬܕܥܘܢ ܐܝܢܐ ܐܓܘܢܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܝ ܚܠܦܝܟܘܢ ܘܚܠܦ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܒܠܕܝܩܝܐ ܘܚܠܦ ܫܪܟܐ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܦܪܨܘܦܝ ܠܐ ܚܙܘ ܒܒܣܪ

19 word entries
ܨܒܐ
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
ܨܒܐ
Transliteration
sb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
99
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1361
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
ܕܬܕܥܘܢ
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
dtd'wn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
20
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
ܐܓܘܢܐ
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
'gwn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܐܝܬ
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
ܐܝܬ
Transliteration
'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
330
ܠܝ
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
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
440
ܚܠܦܝܟܘܢ
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
hlpykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
11
ܘܚܠܦ
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
whlp
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܗܢܘܢ
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
hnwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
314
ܕܒܠܕܝܩܝܐ
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
dbldyqy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܘܚܠܦ
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
whlp
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܫܪܟܐ
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
shrk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
20
ܐܝܠܝܢ
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
'ylyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
319
ܕܦܪܨܘܦܝ
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
dprswpy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
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
ܚܙܘ
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
ܚܙܘ
Transliteration
hzw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
59
ܒܒܣܪ
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
bbsr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
21
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.

Volo enim vos scire qualem sollicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis qui sunt Laodiciæ, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne:

23 word entries
volo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uolo
Transliteration
volo
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
538
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
scire
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scio
Transliteration
scire
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
693
qualem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qualis
Transliteration
qualem
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
56
sollicitudinem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sollicitudinem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
30
habeam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habeam
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
pro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pro
Transliteration
pro
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1148
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
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
pro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pro
Transliteration
pro
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1148
his
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
his
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
Laodiciae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Laodiciae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
5
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
quicumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quicumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
303
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
viderunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
viderunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
faciem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facies
Transliteration
faciem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
793
meam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
meam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
carne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caro
Transliteration
carne
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
433

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