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John 1

Bible in Basic English, Verse 15

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15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to John 1:15. 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 87
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.

Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κέκραγε λέγων, Οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον, Ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν· ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.

22 word entries
Ἰωάννης
Lemma
iwannhv
Transliteration
iwannhv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2491
Occurrences
55
μαρτυρεῖ
Transliteration
marturei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3140
Occurrences
9
περὶ
Lemma
peri
Transliteration
peri
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4012
Occurrences
331
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
κέκραγε
Transliteration
kekragen
Morphology
Greek: verb second perfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2896
Occurrences
1
λέγων
Lemma
legwn
Transliteration
legwn
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
188
Οὗτος
Lemma
outov
Transliteration
outov
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
192
ἦν
Lemma
hn
Transliteration
hn
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
421
ὃν
Lemma
on
Transliteration
on
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
167
εἶπον
Lemma
eipon
Transliteration
eipon
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
163
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
ὀπίσω
Lemma
opisw
Transliteration
opisw
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3694
Occurrences
36
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
587
ἐρχόμενος
Transliteration
ercomenov
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2064
Occurrences
27
ἔμπροσθέν
Transliteration
emprosqen
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1715
Occurrences
48
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
587
γέγονεν
Lemma
gegonen
Transliteration
gegonen
Morphology
Greek: verb second perfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
35
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
πρῶτός
Lemma
prwtov
Transliteration
prwtov
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4413
Occurrences
33
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
587
ἦν
Lemma
hn
Transliteration
hn
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
421
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.

Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγεν λέγων· οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον· ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.

22 word entries
Ἰωάννης
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2491
Occurrences
134
μαρτυρεῖ
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3140
Occurrences
76
περὶ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G4012
Occurrences
335
αὐτοῦ
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
κέκραγεν
Morphology
V-2RAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2896
Occurrences
55
λέγων·
Morphology
V-PAP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
οὗτος
Morphology
D-NSM
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
ἦν
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
ὃν
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-ASM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
εἶπον·
Morphology
V-2AAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ὀπίσω
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3694
Occurrences
35
μου
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
ἐρχόμενος
Morphology
V-PNP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2064
Occurrences
626
ἔμπροσθέν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1715
Occurrences
48
μου
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
γέγονεν,
Morphology
V-2RAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
667
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
πρῶτός
Morphology
A-NSM-S
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4413
Occurrences
100
μου
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
ἦν.
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
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.

ܝܘܚܢܢ ܣܗܕ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܘܩܥܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܗܢܘ ܗܘ ܕܐܡܪܬ ܕܒܬܪܝ ܐܬܐ ܘܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܩܕܡܝ ܡܛܠ ܕܩܕܡܝ ܗܘ ܡܢܝ

17 word entries
ܝܘܚܢܢ
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
ywhnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
62
ܣܗܕ
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
ܣܗܕ
Transliteration
shd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
12
ܥܠܘܗܝ
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
'lwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
151
ܘܩܥܐ
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
wq''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
14
ܘܐܡܪ
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
w'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
651
ܗܢܘ
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
ܗܢܘ
Transliteration
hnw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
58
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
1648
ܕܐܡܪܬ
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'mrt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
13
ܕܒܬܪܝ
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
dbtry
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܐܬܐ
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
ܐܬܐ
Transliteration
etha
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
came
Occurrences
243
ܘܗܘܐ
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
whw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
75
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1592
ܩܕܡܝ
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
qdmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
14
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
632
ܕܩܕܡܝ
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
dqdmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
1648
ܡܢܝ
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
ܡܢܝ
Transliteration
mny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
29
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.

Joannes testimonium perhibet de ipso, et clamat dicens: Hic erat quem dixi: Qui post me venturus est, ante me factus est: quia prior me erat.

26 word entries
Iohannes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ioannes
Transliteration
Iohannes
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
149
testimonium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
testimonium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
298
perhibet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
perhibet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
44
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
ipso
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ipse
Transliteration
ipso
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2134
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
clamat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
clamo
Transliteration
clamat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
305
dicens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
hic
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hic
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
erat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
quem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quem
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
dixi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
post
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
post
Transliteration
post
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
621
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
venturus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venturus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ante
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ante
Transliteration
ante
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
594
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
factus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
factus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
prior
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
prior
Transliteration
prior
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
96
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
erat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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6 relevance votes

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