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John 21

Bible in Basic English, Verse 16

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16 Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to John 21:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

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Word Entries 94
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.

Λέγει αὐτῷ πάλιν δεύτερον, Σίμων Ἰωνᾶ, ἀγαπᾷς με; Λέγει αὐτῷ, Ναὶ Κύριε· σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε. Λέγει αὐτῷ, Ποίμαινε τὰ πρόβατά μου.

23 word entries
Λέγει
Lemma
legei
Transliteration
legei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
337
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
πάλιν
Lemma
palin
Transliteration
palin
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3825
Occurrences
142
δεύτερον
Transliteration
deuteron
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G1208
Occurrences
10
Σίμων
Lemma
simwn
Transliteration
simwn
Morphology
Greek: noun vocative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4613
Occurrences
37
Ἰωνᾶ
Lemma
iwna
Transliteration
iwna
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2495
Occurrences
12
ἀγαπᾷς
Lemma
agapav
Transliteration
agapav
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G25
Occurrences
2
με
Lemma
me
Transliteration
me
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
302
Λέγει
Lemma
legei
Transliteration
legei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
337
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
Ναὶ
Lemma
nai
Transliteration
nai
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3483
Occurrences
34
Κύριε
Lemma
kurie
Transliteration
kurie
Morphology
Greek: noun vocative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
128
σὺ
Lemma
su
Transliteration
su
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
178
οἶδας
Lemma
oidav
Transliteration
oidav
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
16
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
φιλῶ
Lemma
filw
Transliteration
filw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5368
Occurrences
4
σε
Lemma
se
Transliteration
se
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
197
Λέγει
Lemma
legei
Transliteration
legei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
337
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
Ποίμαινε
Transliteration
poimaine
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4165
Occurrences
1
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
πρόβατά
Lemma
probata
Transliteration
probata
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4263
Occurrences
28
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
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.

λέγει αὐτῷ πάλιν δεύτερον· Σίμων Ἰωάννου, ἀγαπᾷς με; λέγει αὐτῷ· ναί κύριε, σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε. λέγει αὐτῷ· ποίμαινε τὰ προβάτιά μου.

23 word entries
λέγει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτῷ
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
πάλιν
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3825
Occurrences
139
δεύτερον·
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1208
Occurrences
42
Σίμων
Morphology
N-VSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4613
Occurrences
75
Ἰωάννου,
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2491
Occurrences
134
ἀγαπᾷς
Morphology
V-PAI-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0025
Occurrences
143
με;
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1AS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
λέγει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτῷ·
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ναί
Lemma
ναί
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3483
Occurrences
34
κύριε,
Morphology
N-VSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
σὺ
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2NS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
οἶδας
Morphology
V-RAI-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
317
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
φιλῶ
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5368
Occurrences
25
σε.
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2AS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
λέγει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτῷ·
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ποίμαινε
Morphology
V-PAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4165
Occurrences
11
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
προβάτιά
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4263
Occurrences
39
μου.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
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.

ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܬܘܒ ܕܬܪܬܝܢ ܙܒܢܝܢ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪ-ܝܘܢܐ ܪܚܡ ܐܢܬ ܠܝ ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܐܝܢ ܡܪܝ ܐܢܬ ܝܕܥ ܐܢܬ ܕܪܚܡ ܐܢܐ ܠܟ ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܝܫܘܥ ܪܥܝ ܠܝ ܥܪܒܝ

27 word entries
ܐܡܪ
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
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
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
ܬܘܒ
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
ܬܘܒ
Transliteration
twb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
138
ܕܬܪܬܝܢ
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
dtrtyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
20
ܙܒܢܝܢ
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
zbnyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
42
ܫܡܥܘܢ
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
shm'wn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
111
ܒܪ
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
ܒܪ
Transliteration
bar
Morphology
noun, masculine construct singular
Gloss
son
Occurrences
144
ܝܘܢܐ
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
ywn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
10
ܪܚܡ
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
ܪܚܡ
Transliteration
rhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
19
ܐܢܬ
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
ܐܢܬ
Transliteration
ant
Morphology
personal pronoun, second singular
Gloss
you
Occurrences
491
ܠܝ
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
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
440
ܐܡܪ
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
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
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
ܐܝܢ
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
ܐܝܢ
Transliteration
'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
34
ܡܪܝ
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
ܡܪܝ
Transliteration
mari
Morphology
noun/title with pronominal or construct force
Gloss
my lord, lord
Occurrences
102
ܐܢܬ
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
ܐܢܬ
Transliteration
ant
Morphology
personal pronoun, second singular
Gloss
you
Occurrences
491
ܝܕܥ
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
ܝܕܥ
Transliteration
yd'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
186
ܐܢܬ
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
ܐܢܬ
Transliteration
ant
Morphology
personal pronoun, second singular
Gloss
you
Occurrences
491
ܕܪܚܡ
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
drhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
21
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1361
ܠܟ
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
ܠܟ
Transliteration
lk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
269
ܐܡܪ
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
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
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
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
ܪܥܝ
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
ܪܥܝ
Transliteration
r'y
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܠܝ
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
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
440
ܥܪܒܝ
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
'rby
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
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.

Dicit ei iterum: Simon Joannis, diligis me? Ait illi: Etiam Domine, tu scis quia amo te. Dicit ei: Pasce agnos meos.

21 word entries
dicit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
iterum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iterum
Transliteration
iterum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
168
Simon
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Simon
Transliteration
Simon
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
204
Iohannis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ioannes
Transliteration
Iohannis
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
149
diligis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diligo
Transliteration
diligis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
338
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
ait
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aio
Transliteration
ait
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1222
illi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
etiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
etiam
Transliteration
etiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
326
Domine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
tu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tu
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
scis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scio
Transliteration
scis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
693
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
amo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
amo
Transliteration
amo
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
59
te
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
te
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
dicit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
pasce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pasco
Transliteration
pasce
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
90
agnos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
agnus
Transliteration
agnos
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
166
meos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
meos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586

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Acts 20:28

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

15 relevance votes

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Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

11 relevance votes

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Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

7 relevance votes

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Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.

4 relevance votes

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For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!

3 relevance votes

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For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

3 relevance votes

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And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.

2 relevance votes

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Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

2 relevance votes

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You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

2 relevance votes

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And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

2 relevance votes

John 18:25

But Simon Peter was still there warming himself by the fire. They said to him, Are you not one of his disciples? He said, No, I am not.

2 relevance votes

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,

2 relevance votes
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