Colossians
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Colossians 2

Bible in Basic English, Verse 17

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17 For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 2:17. 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 36
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.

ἅ ἐστι σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων, τὸ δὲ σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

10 word entries
Lemma
a
Transliteration
a
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative plural neuter
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
115
ἐστι
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
σκιὰ
Lemma
skia
Transliteration
skia
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4639
Occurrences
5
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
μελλόντων
Transliteration
mellontwn
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3195
Occurrences
9
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
σῶμα
Lemma
swma
Transliteration
swma
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4983
Occurrences
74
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
Χριστοῦ
Lemma
cristou
Transliteration
cristou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
271
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.

ἅ ἐστιν σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων, τὸ δὲ σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

10 word entries
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-NPN
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
σκιὰ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4639
Occurrences
7
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μελλόντων,
Morphology
V-PAP-GPN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3195
Occurrences
110
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
σῶμα
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4983
Occurrences
141
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Χριστοῦ.
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
530
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.

ܗܠܝܢ ܕܐܝܬܝܗܝܢ ܛܠܢܝܬܐ ܕܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܥܬܝܕܢ ܦܓܪܐ ܕܝܢ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܗܘ

9 word entries
ܗܠܝܢ
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
hlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
451
ܕܐܝܬܝܗܝܢ
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'ytyhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
9
ܛܠܢܝܬܐ
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
tlnyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܕܐܝܠܝܢ
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'ylyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
37
ܕܥܬܝܕܢ
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'tydn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܦܓܪܐ
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
pgr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
42
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
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
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
1648
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.

quæ sunt umbra futurorum: corpus autem Christi.

7 word entries
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
umbra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
umbra
Transliteration
umbra
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
65
futurorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
futurus
Transliteration
futurorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
15
corpus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
corpus
Transliteration
corpus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
228
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
Christi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christi
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541

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.

Hebrews 10:1

For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

30 relevance votes

Hebrews 8:5

Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

24 relevance votes

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

16 relevance votes

Hebrews 9:9

And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

13 relevance votes
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