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Colossians 4

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3 And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 4:3. 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 78
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.

προσευχόμενοι ἅμα καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ὁ Θεὸς ἀνοίξῃ ἡμῖν θύραν τοῦ λόγου, λαλῆσαι τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ δέδεμαι·

22 word entries
προσευχόμενοι
Transliteration
proseucomenoi
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4336
Occurrences
12
ἅμα
Lemma
ama
Transliteration
ama
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G260
Occurrences
10
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
περὶ
Lemma
peri
Transliteration
peri
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4012
Occurrences
331
ἡμῶν
Lemma
hmwn
Transliteration
hmwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
415
ἵνα
Lemma
ina
Transliteration
ina
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2443
Occurrences
671
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Θεὸς
Lemma
qeov
Transliteration
qeov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
315
ἀνοίξῃ
Lemma
anoixh
Transliteration
anoixh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active subjunctive singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G455
Occurrences
2
ἡμῖν
Lemma
hmin
Transliteration
hmin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
178
θύραν
Lemma
quran
Transliteration
quran
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2374
Occurrences
14
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
λόγου
Lemma
logou
Transliteration
logou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
27
λαλῆσαι
Lemma
lalhsai
Transliteration
lalhsai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2980
Occurrences
22
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
μυστήριον
Transliteration
musthrion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3466
Occurrences
16
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
δι᾿
Lemma
di
Transliteration
di
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
146
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
3353
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
δέδεμαι
Lemma
dedemai
Transliteration
dedemai
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1210
Occurrences
1
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.

προσευχόμενοι ἅμα καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν, ἵνα ὁ θεὸς ἀνοίξῃ ἡμῖν θύραν τοῦ λόγου, λαλῆσαι τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι’ ὃ καὶ δέδεμαι,

22 word entries
προσευχόμενοι
Morphology
V-PNP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4336
Occurrences
85
ἅμα
Lemma
ἅμα
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G0260
Occurrences
10
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
περὶ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G4012
Occurrences
335
ἡμῶν,
Morphology
P-1GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
ἵνα
Lemma
ἵνα
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G2443
Occurrences
664
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
ἀνοίξῃ
Morphology
V-AAS-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0455
Occurrences
77
ἡμῖν
Morphology
P-1DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
θύραν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2374
Occurrences
39
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
λόγου,
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
330
λαλῆσαι
Morphology
V-AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2980
Occurrences
298
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μυστήριον
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3466
Occurrences
27
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
δι’
Lemma
διά
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
633
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-ASN
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
δέδεμαι,
Lemma
δέω
Morphology
V-RPI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1210
Occurrences
43
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.

ܘܡܨܠܝܢ ܐܦ ܥܠܝܢ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܢܦܬܚ ܠܢ ܬܪܥܐ ܕܡܠܬܐ ܠܡܡܠܠܘ ܐܪܙܐ ܕܡܫܝܚܐ ܕܡܛܠܬܗ ܐܣܝܪ ܐܢܐ

14 word entries
ܘܡܨܠܝܢ
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
wmslyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
ܐܦ
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
ܐܦ
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
544
ܥܠܝܢ
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
'lyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
30
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
ܢܦܬܚ
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
npth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܠܢ
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
ܠܢ
Transliteration
ln
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
263
ܬܪܥܐ
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
tr''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
57
ܕܡܠܬܐ
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
dmlt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܠܡܡܠܠܘ
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
lmmllw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
14
ܐܪܙܐ
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
'rz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
18
ܕܡܫܝܚܐ
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
dmshyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
97
ܕܡܛܠܬܗ
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
dmtlth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܐܣܝܪ
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
'syr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
11
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
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.

orantes simul et pro nobis, ut Deus aperiat nobis ostium sermonis ad loquendum mysterium Christi (propter quod etiam vinctus sum),

20 word entries
orantes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oro
Transliteration
orantes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
220
simul
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
simul
Transliteration
simul
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
224
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
nobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
Deus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
aperiat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aperio
Transliteration
aperiat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
283
nobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
ostium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ostium
Transliteration
ostium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
171
sermonis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sermo
Transliteration
sermonis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
626
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
loquendum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loquendum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
mysterium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
mysterium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
29
Christi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christi
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541
propter
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
propter
Transliteration
propter
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
688
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
etiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
etiam
Transliteration
etiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
326
vinctus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uincio
Transliteration
vinctus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
64
sum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

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Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

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The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

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In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

8 relevance votes

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For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.

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I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

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For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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