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James 1

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1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

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Panels 4
Word Entries 56
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.

Ἰάκωβος, Θεοῦ καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς ταῖς ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ, χαίρειν.

15 word entries
Ἰάκωβος
Lemma
iakwbov
Transliteration
iakwbov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2385
Occurrences
11
Θεοῦ
Lemma
qeou
Transliteration
qeou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
707
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
Κυρίου
Lemma
kuriou
Transliteration
kuriou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
250
Ἰησοῦ
Lemma
ihsou
Transliteration
ihsou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
339
Χριστοῦ
Lemma
cristou
Transliteration
cristou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
271
δοῦλος
Lemma
doulov
Transliteration
doulov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
35
ταῖς
Lemma
taiv
Transliteration
taiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
206
δώδεκα
Lemma
dwdeka
Transliteration
dwdeka
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1427
Occurrences
60
φυλαῖς
Lemma
fulaiv
Transliteration
fulaiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5443
Occurrences
1
ταῖς
Lemma
taiv
Transliteration
taiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
206
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τῇ
Lemma
th
Transliteration
th
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
890
διασπορᾷ
Transliteration
diaspora
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1290
Occurrences
1
χαίρειν
Lemma
cairein
Transliteration
cairein
Morphology
Greek: verb present active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5463
Occurrences
7
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.

Ἰάκωβος θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς ταῖς ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ χαίρειν.

15 word entries
Ἰάκωβος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2385
Occurrences
42
θεοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
κυρίου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
Ἰησοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
905
Χριστοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
530
δοῦλος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
124
ταῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δώδεκα
Morphology
A-NUI
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1427
Occurrences
75
φυλαῖς
Morphology
N-DPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5443
Occurrences
31
ταῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPF
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
τῇ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
διασπορᾷ
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1290
Occurrences
3
χαίρειν.
Morphology
V-PAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5463
Occurrences
74
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.

ܝܥܩܘܒ ܥܒܕܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܘܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܠܬܪܬܥܣܪܐ ܫܪܒܢ ܕܙܪܝܥܢ ܒܥܡܡܐ ܫܠܡ

11 word entries
ܝܥܩܘܒ
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
y'qwb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
23
ܥܒܕܗ
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
'bdh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
20
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
ܘܕܡܪܢ
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
wdmrn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܝܫܘܥ
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
yshw'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
848
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
ܠܬܪܬܥܣܪܐ
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
ltrt'sr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܫܪܒܢ
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
shrbn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܕܙܪܝܥܢ
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
dzry'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܒܥܡܡܐ
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
b'mm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
11
ܫܠܡ
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
ܫܠܡ
Transliteration
shlm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
23
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.

Jacobus, Dei et Domini nostri Jesu Christi servus, duodecim tribubus, quæ sunt in dispersione, salutem.

15 word entries
Iacobus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iacob
Transliteration
Iacobus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
364
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
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
Domini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
nostri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
noster
Transliteration
nostri
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1263
Iesu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iesus
Transliteration
Iesu
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
970
Christi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christi
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541
servus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruus
Transliteration
servus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
846
duodecim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
duodecim
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
188
tribubus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tribus
Transliteration
tribubus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
247
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
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
dispersione
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
dispersione
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
salutem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
salus
Transliteration
salutem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
186

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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.

Ezekiel 12:15

And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send them in flight among the nations, driving them out through the countries.

25 relevance votes

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

20 relevance votes

John 7:35

So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

16 relevance votes

Acts 8:1

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

14 relevance votes

Acts 26:7

For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

11 relevance votes

Acts 15:13

And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

9 relevance votes

Acts 15:23

And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

9 relevance votes

Galatians 2:9

When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

9 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 28:64

And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.

9 relevance votes

Acts 21:18

And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

8 relevance votes

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,

8 relevance votes

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,

8 relevance votes
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