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James 2

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21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

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Panels 4
Word Entries 58
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.

Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἀνενέγκας Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον;

16 word entries
Ἀβραὰμ
Lemma
abraam
Transliteration
abraam
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G11
Occurrences
73
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
πατὴρ
Lemma
pathr
Transliteration
pathr
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
111
ἡμῶν
Lemma
hmwn
Transliteration
hmwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
415
οὐκ
Lemma
ouk
Transliteration
ouk
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
840
ἐξ
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
254
ἔργων
Lemma
ergwn
Transliteration
ergwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
43
ἐδικαιώθη
Transliteration
edikaiwqh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1344
Occurrences
6
ἀνενέγκας
Transliteration
anenegkav
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G399
Occurrences
2
Ἰσαὰκ
Lemma
isaak
Transliteration
isaak
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2464
Occurrences
20
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
υἱὸν
Lemma
uion
Transliteration
uion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
84
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
θυσιαστήριον
Transliteration
qusiasthrion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2379
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.

Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἀνενέγκας Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον;

16 word entries
Ἀβραὰμ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0011
Occurrences
73
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πατὴρ
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
412
ἡμῶν
Morphology
P-1GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
οὐκ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
ἐξ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
ἔργων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
169
ἐδικαιώθη,
Morphology
V-API-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1344
Occurrences
39
ἀνενέγκας
Morphology
V-AAP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0399
Occurrences
8
Ἰσαὰκ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2464
Occurrences
20
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
υἱὸν
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
376
αὐτοῦ
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θυσιαστήριον;
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2379
Occurrences
23
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.

ܐܒܘܢ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܥܒܕܐ ܐܙܕܕܩ ܕܐܣܩ ܠܐܝܣܚܩ ܒܪܗ ܥܠ ܡܕܒܚܐ

12 word entries
ܐܒܘܢ
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
'bwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
25
ܐܒܪܗܡ
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
'brhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
33
ܠܐ
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
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
ܥܒܕܐ
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
'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
132
ܐܙܕܕܩ
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
'zddq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܕܐܣܩ
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'sq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܠܐܝܣܚܩ
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
l'yshq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
4
ܒܪܗ
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
ܒܪܗ
Transliteration
brh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
139
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
909
ܡܕܒܚܐ
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
mdbh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
11
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.

Abraham pater noster nonne ex operibus justificatus est, offerens Isaac filium suum super altare?

14 word entries
Abraham
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Abraham
Transliteration
Abraham
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
214
pater
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
pater
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
noster
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
noster
Transliteration
noster
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1263
nonne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nonne
Transliteration
nonne
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
208
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
operibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
operibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
iustificatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustificatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
80
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
offerens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
offero
Transliteration
offerens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
529
Isaac
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Isaac
Transliteration
Isaac
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
111
filium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
suum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
altare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
altare
Transliteration
altare
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
363

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.

John 8:39

In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

4 relevance votes

Matthew 12:37

For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

3 relevance votes

Romans 4:16

For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

3 relevance votes

John 8:53

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

2 relevance votes

James 2:18

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

2 relevance votes

Luke 1:73

The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

2 relevance votes

Acts 7:2

And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

2 relevance votes

Matthew 3:9

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

2 relevance votes

Joshua 24:3

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

2 relevance votes

Romans 4:1

What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?

2 relevance votes

Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

2 relevance votes

James 2:24

You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

2 relevance votes
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