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Colossians 2

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8 Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 2:8. 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 90
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.

Βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης, κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ οὐ κατὰ Χριστόν·

27 word entries
Βλέπετε
Lemma
blepete
Transliteration
blepete
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G991
Occurrences
33
μή
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
τις
Lemma
tiv
Transliteration
tiv
Morphology
Greek: indefinite pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
indefinite pronoun
Strong's
G5100
Occurrences
391
ὑμᾶς
Lemma
umav
Transliteration
umav
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
438
ἔσται
Lemma
estai
Transliteration
estai
Morphology
Greek: verb future middle deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
120
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
συλαγωγῶν
Transliteration
sulagwgwn
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4812
Occurrences
1
διὰ
Lemma
dia
Transliteration
dia
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
535
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
φιλοσοφίας
Transliteration
filosofiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5385
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
κενῆς
Lemma
kenhv
Transliteration
kenhv
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2756
Occurrences
1
ἀπάτης
Lemma
apathv
Transliteration
apathv
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G539
Occurrences
2
κατὰ
Lemma
kata
Transliteration
kata
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
335
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
παράδοσιν
Transliteration
paradosin
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3862
Occurrences
9
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
ἀνθρώπων
Transliteration
anqrwpwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G444
Occurrences
100
κατὰ
Lemma
kata
Transliteration
kata
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
335
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
στοιχεῖα
Transliteration
stoiceia
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4747
Occurrences
6
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
κόσμου
Lemma
kosmou
Transliteration
kosmou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
73
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
κατὰ
Lemma
kata
Transliteration
kata
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
335
Χριστόν
Lemma
criston
Transliteration
criston
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
75
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.

βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου καὶ οὐ κατὰ Χριστόν,

27 word entries
βλέπετε
Morphology
V-PAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0991
Occurrences
132
μή
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
τις
Lemma
τὶς
Morphology
X-NSM
Part of Speech
X
Strong's
G5100
Occurrences
526
ὑμᾶς
Morphology
P-2AP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἔσται
Morphology
V-FDI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
συλαγωγῶν
Morphology
V-PAP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4812
Occurrences
1
διὰ
Lemma
διά
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
633
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
φιλοσοφίας
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5385
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
κενῆς
Morphology
A-GSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2756
Occurrences
18
ἀπάτης
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0539
Occurrences
7
κατὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
471
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
παράδοσιν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3862
Occurrences
13
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀνθρώπων,
Morphology
N-GPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0444
Occurrences
550
κατὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
471
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
στοιχεῖα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4747
Occurrences
7
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κόσμου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
κατὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
471
Χριστόν,
Morphology
N-ASM
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.

ܐܙܕܗܪܘ ܕܠܡܐ ܐܢܫ ܢܚܠܨܟܘܢ ܒܦܝܠܣܦܘܬܐ ܘܒܛܥܝܘܬܐ ܣܪܝܩܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ ܘܐܝܟ ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܘܠܐ ܐܝܟ ܡܫܝܚܐ

16 word entries
ܐܙܕܗܪܘ
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
'zdhrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
24
ܕܠܡܐ
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
dlm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
81
ܐܢܫ
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
ܐܢܫ
Transliteration
'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
323
ܢܚܠܨܟܘܢ
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
nhlskwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
ܒܦܝܠܣܦܘܬܐ
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
bpylspwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܘܒܛܥܝܘܬܐ
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
wbt'ywt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܣܪܝܩܬܐ
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
sryqt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܝܘܠܦܢܐ
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
ywlpn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
19
ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ
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
dbnynsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
34
ܘܐܝܟ
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
w'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
38
ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ
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
'stwkswhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܕܥܠܡܐ
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'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
73
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
732
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
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
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.

Videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam, et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum:

20 word entries
videte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
videte
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1109
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
decipiat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
decipio
Transliteration
decipiat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
75
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
philosophiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
philosophiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
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
inanem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inanis
Transliteration
inanem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
25
fallaciam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
fallaciam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
secundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
secundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
529
traditionem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
traditionem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
14
hominum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
secundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
secundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
529
elementa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
elementa
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
9
mundi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322
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
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
secundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
secundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
529
Christum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christum
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541

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