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Colossians 4

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1 Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 4:1. 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 66
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Οἱ κύριοι, τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὴν ἰσότητα τοῖς δούλοις παρέχεσθε, εἰδότες ὅτι καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔχετε Κύριον ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

18 word entries
Οἱ
Lemma
oi
Transliteration
oi
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1185
κύριοι
Lemma
kurioi
Transliteration
kurioi
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
6
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
δίκαιον
Lemma
dikaion
Transliteration
dikaion
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1342
Occurrences
19
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
ἰσότητα
Lemma
isothta
Transliteration
isothta
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2471
Occurrences
1
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
δούλοις
Lemma
douloiv
Transliteration
douloiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
8
παρέχεσθε
Transliteration
parecesqe
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3930
Occurrences
1
εἰδότες
Lemma
eidotev
Transliteration
eidotev
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect active participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
25
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ὑμεῖς
Lemma
umeiv
Transliteration
umeiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
242
ἔχετε
Lemma
ecete
Transliteration
ecete
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
48
Κύριον
Lemma
kurion
Transliteration
kurion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
68
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
οὐρανοῖς
Transliteration
ouranoiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3772
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.

οἱ κύριοι, τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὴν ἰσότητα τοῖς δούλοις παρέχεσθε, εἰδότες ὅτι καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔχετε κύριον ἐν οὐρανῷ.

18 word entries
οἱ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κύριοι,
Morphology
N-NPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δίκαιον
Morphology
A-ASN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1342
Occurrences
79
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἰσότητα
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2471
Occurrences
3
τοῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δούλοις
Morphology
N-DPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
124
παρέχεσθε,
Morphology
V-PMM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3930
Occurrences
16
εἰδότες
Morphology
V-RAP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
317
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ὑμεῖς
Morphology
P-2NP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἔχετε
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAI-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
κύριον
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
οὐρανῷ.
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
275
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.

ܡܪܝܐ ܥܒܕܘ ܫܘܝܘܬܐ ܘܟܐܢܘܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܥܒܕܝܟܘܢ ܘܗܘܝܬܘܢ ܝܕܥܝܢ ܕܐܦ ܠܟܘܢ ܐܝܬ ܗܘ ܡܪܐ ܒܫܡܝܐ

14 word entries
ܡܪܝܐ
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.
Transliteration
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
101
ܥܒܕܘ
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
'bdw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
29
ܫܘܝܘܬܐ
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
shwywt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܘܟܐܢܘܬܐ
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
wk'nwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܠܘܬ
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
ܠܘܬ
Transliteration
lwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
245
ܥܒܕܝܟܘܢ
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
'bdykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
8
ܘܗܘܝܬܘܢ
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
whwytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
29
ܝܕܥܝܢ
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
yd'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
122
ܕܐܦ
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
ܕܐܦ
Transliteration
d'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
132
ܠܟܘܢ
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
lkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
676
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
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
ܡܪܐ
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
ܡܪܐ
Transliteration
mr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
24
ܒܫܡܝܐ
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
bshmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
61
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.

Domini, quod justum est et æquum, servis præstate: scientes quod et vos Dominum habetis in cælo.

16 word entries
domini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
domini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
iustum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iustus
Transliteration
iustum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
427
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
aequum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aequus
Transliteration
aequum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
28
servis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruus
Transliteration
servis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
846
praestate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praesto
Transliteration
praestate
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
51
scientes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scio
Transliteration
scientes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
693
quoniam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quoniam
Transliteration
quoniam
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1134
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
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
Dominum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
habetis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habetis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
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
caelo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caelo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
heaven
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
heaven, sky
Etymology
Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences
740

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For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

9 relevance votes

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These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.

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See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

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If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

4 relevance votes

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And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

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And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

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And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

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They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

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