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James 4

Bible in Basic English, Verse 1

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1 What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

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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.

Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; Οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;

18 word entries
Πόθεν
Lemma
poqen
Transliteration
poqen
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4159
Occurrences
28
πόλεμοι
Lemma
polemoi
Transliteration
polemoi
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4171
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
μάχαι
Lemma
macai
Transliteration
macai
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3163
Occurrences
2
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ὑμῖν
Lemma
umin
Transliteration
umin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
622
Οὐκ
Lemma
ouk
Transliteration
ouk
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
840
ἐντεῦθεν
Transliteration
enteuqen
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G1782
Occurrences
13
ἐκ
Lemma
ek
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
679
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
ἡδονῶν
Lemma
hdonwn
Transliteration
hdonwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2237
Occurrences
2
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
στρατευομένων
Transliteration
strateuomenwn
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle participle genitive plural feminine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4754
Occurrences
1
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
μέλεσιν
Lemma
melesin
Transliteration
melesin
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3196
Occurrences
5
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
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.

Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ πόθεν μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;

19 word entries
Πόθεν
Morphology
ADV-I
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4159
Occurrences
29
πόλεμοι
Morphology
N-NPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4171
Occurrences
18
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
πόθεν
Morphology
ADV-I
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4159
Occurrences
29
μάχαι
Morphology
N-NPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3163
Occurrences
4
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ὑμῖν;
Morphology
P-2DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
οὐκ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
ἐντεῦθεν,
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G1782
Occurrences
10
ἐκ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἡδονῶν
Morphology
N-GPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2237
Occurrences
5
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
στρατευομένων
Morphology
V-PMP-GPF
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4754
Occurrences
7
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
τοῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μέλεσιν
Morphology
N-DPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3196
Occurrences
34
ὑμῶν;
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
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.

ܡܢ ܐܝܟܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܟܘܢ ܩܪܒܐ ܘܡܨܘܬܐ ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܪܓܝܓܬܐ ܕܡܩܪܒܢ ܒܗܕܡܝܟܘܢ

12 word entries
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
ܐܝܟܐ
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
'yk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
75
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
ܒܟܘܢ
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
bkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
96
ܩܪܒܐ
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
qrb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
12
ܘܡܨܘܬܐ
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
wmswt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
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
ܪܓܝܓܬܐ
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
rgygt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܕܡܩܪܒܢ
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
dmqrbn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܒܗܕܡܝܟܘܢ
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
bhdmykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
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.

Unde bella et lites in vobis? nonne hinc: ex concupiscentiis vestris, quæ militant in membris vestris?

16 word entries
unde
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unde
Transliteration
unde
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
151
bella
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bellum
Transliteration
bella
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
186
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
lites
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lis
Transliteration
lites
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8
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
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
nonne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nonne
Transliteration
nonne
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
208
hinc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hinc
Transliteration
hinc
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
46
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
concupiscentiis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
concupiscentiis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
43
vestris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestris
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
militant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
milito
Transliteration
militant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
10
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
membris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
membrum
Transliteration
membris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
48
vestris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestris
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504

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My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

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But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

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