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James 4

Bible in Basic English, Verse 8

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8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to James 4:8. 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 51
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.

Ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν· καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.

13 word entries
Ἐγγίσατε
Transliteration
eggisate
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1448
Occurrences
1
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
Θεῷ
Lemma
qew
Transliteration
qew
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
162
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἐγγιεῖ
Lemma
eggiei
Transliteration
eggiei
Morphology
Greek: verb future active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1448
Occurrences
1
ὑμῖν
Lemma
umin
Transliteration
umin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
622
καθαρίσατε
Transliteration
kaqarisate
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2511
Occurrences
1
χεῖρας
Lemma
ceirav
Transliteration
ceirav
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5495
Occurrences
59
ἁμαρτωλοί
Transliteration
amartwloi
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G268
Occurrences
12
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἁγνίσατε
Transliteration
agnisate
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G48
Occurrences
1
καρδίας
Lemma
kardiav
Transliteration
kardiav
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2588
Occurrences
62
δίψυχοι
Lemma
diyucoi
Transliteration
diyucoi
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1374
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.

ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.

13 word entries
ἐγγίσατε
Morphology
V-AAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1448
Occurrences
42
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεῷ,
Morphology
N-DSM
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
ἐγγιεῖ
Morphology
V-FAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1448
Occurrences
42
ὑμῖν.
Morphology
P-2DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
καθαρίσατε
Morphology
V-AAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2511
Occurrences
31
χεῖρας,
Morphology
N-APF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5495
Occurrences
175
ἁμαρτωλοί,
Morphology
A-VPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0268
Occurrences
47
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἁγνίσατε
Morphology
V-AAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0048
Occurrences
7
καρδίας,
Morphology
N-APF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2588
Occurrences
156
δίψυχοι.
Morphology
A-VPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1374
Occurrences
2
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.

ܘܩܪܘܒܘ ܠܘܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܘܢܬܩܪܒ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܟܘ ܐܝܕܝܟܘܢ ܚܛܝܐ ܩܕܫܘ ܠܒܘܬܟܘܢ ܦܠܝܓܝ ܢܦܫܐ

12 word entries
ܘܩܪܘܒܘ
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
wqrwbw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; 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
ܐܠܗܐ
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
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
ܘܢܬܩܪܒ
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
wntqrb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
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
ܕܟܘ
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
ܕܟܘ
Transliteration
dkw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܐܝܕܝܟܘܢ
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
'ydykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
2
ܚܛܝܐ
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
hty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
23
ܩܕܫܘ
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
qdshw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܠܒܘܬܟܘܢ
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
lbwtkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
15
ܦܠܝܓܝ
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
plygy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܢܦܫܐ
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
napsha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
soul, life
Occurrences
17
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.

Appropinquate Deo, et appropinquabit vobis. Emundate manus, peccatores: et purificate corda, duplices animo.

13 word entries
adpropiate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
adpropiate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
18
Domino
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domino
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
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
adpropinquabit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
adpropinquabit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
95
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
emundate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
emundo
Transliteration
emundate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
17
manus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
peccatores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
peccatores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
195
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
purificate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
purificate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20
corda
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
corda
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
duplices
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
duplex
Transliteration
duplices
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
46
animo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
animus
Transliteration
animo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109

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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.

Psalms 145:18

The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.

142 relevance votes

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Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

105 relevance votes

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From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?

89 relevance votes

Zechariah 1:3

And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.

82 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

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O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

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And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

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(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

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Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?

22 relevance votes

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Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

20 relevance votes

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But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

20 relevance votes