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John 3

Bible in Basic English, Verse 5

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5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to John 3:5. 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 86
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.

Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.

23 word entries
Ἀπεκρίθη
Transliteration
apekriqh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist middle deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G611
Occurrences
85
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Ἰησοῦς
Lemma
ihsouv
Transliteration
ihsouv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
503
Ἀμὴν
Lemma
amhn
Transliteration
amhn
Morphology
Greek: Hebrew word
Part of Speech
Hebrew word
Strong's
G281
Occurrences
152
ἀμὴν
Lemma
amhn
Transliteration
amhn
Morphology
Greek: Hebrew word
Part of Speech
Hebrew word
Strong's
G281
Occurrences
152
λέγω
Lemma
legw
Transliteration
legw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
214
σοι
Lemma
soi
Transliteration
soi
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
225
ἐὰν
Lemma
ean
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1437
Occurrences
333
μή
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
τις
Lemma
tiv
Transliteration
tiv
Morphology
Greek: indefinite pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
indefinite pronoun
Strong's
G5100
Occurrences
391
γεννηθῇ
Lemma
gennhqh
Transliteration
gennhqh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive subjunctive singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1080
Occurrences
3
ἐξ
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
254
ὕδατος
Lemma
udatov
Transliteration
udatov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5204
Occurrences
24
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
πνεύματος
Transliteration
pneumatov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
97
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
δύναται
Lemma
dunatai
Transliteration
dunatai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
73
εἰσελθεῖν
Transliteration
eiselqein
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1525
Occurrences
37
εἰς
Lemma
eiv
Transliteration
eiv
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1876
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
βασιλείαν
Transliteration
basileian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G932
Occurrences
60
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
Θεοῦ
Lemma
qeou
Transliteration
qeou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
707
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.

ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.

22 word entries
ἀπεκρίθη
Morphology
V-ADI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0611
Occurrences
233
Ἰησοῦς·
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
905
ἀμὴν
Morphology
HEB
Part of Speech
HEB
Strong's
G0281
Occurrences
126
ἀμὴν
Morphology
HEB
Part of Speech
HEB
Strong's
G0281
Occurrences
126
λέγω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
σοι,
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2DS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
ἐὰν
Lemma
ἐάν
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1437
Occurrences
333
μή
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
τις
Lemma
τὶς
Morphology
X-NSM
Part of Speech
X
Strong's
G5100
Occurrences
526
γεννηθῇ
Morphology
V-APS-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1080
Occurrences
97
ἐξ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
ὕδατος
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5204
Occurrences
76
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
πνεύματος,
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
379
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
δύναται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
εἰσελθεῖν
Morphology
V-2AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1525
Occurrences
195
εἰς
Lemma
εἰς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1764
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
βασιλείαν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0932
Occurrences
162
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
οὐρανῶν.
Morphology
N-GPM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
275
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.

ܥܢܐ ܝܫܘܥ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܐܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟ ܕܐܢ ܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܡܬܝܠܕ ܡܢ ܡܝܐ ܘܪܘܚܐ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܕܢܥܘܠ ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ

21 word entries
ܥܢܐ
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
ܥܢܐ
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
113
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
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
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
ܐܡܝܢ
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
'myn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
138
ܐܡܝܢ
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
'myn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
138
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
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
ܕܐܢ
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
ܕܐܢ
Transliteration
d'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
83
ܐܢܫ
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
ܐܢܫ
Transliteration
'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
323
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
ܡܬܝܠܕ
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
mtyld
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
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
ܡܝܐ
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
ܡܝܐ
Transliteration
maya
Morphology
noun, plural form
Gloss
waters
Occurrences
43
ܘܪܘܚܐ
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
wrwh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
16
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
ܡܫܟܚ
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
mshkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
106
ܕܢܥܘܠ
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
dn'wl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
14
ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ
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
lmlkwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
14
ܕܐܠܗܐ
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'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
586
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.

Respondit Jesus: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua, et Spiritu Sancto, non potest introire in regnum Dei.

20 word entries
respondit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respondit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
Iesus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iesus
Transliteration
Iesus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
970
amen
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
amen
Transliteration
amen
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
166
amen
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
amen
Transliteration
amen
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
166
dico
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dico
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
tibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
nisi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nisi
Transliteration
nisi
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
265
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
renatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
renatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4
fuerit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fuerit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
aqua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aqua
Transliteration
aqua
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
692
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
Spiritu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Spiritu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
709
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
potest
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
potest
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
introire
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
introeo
Transliteration
introire
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
159
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
regnum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
regnum
Transliteration
regnum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
499
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889

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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.

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So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

63 relevance votes

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And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

57 relevance votes

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And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;

40 relevance votes

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And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

37 relevance votes

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Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

27 relevance votes

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15 relevance votes

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For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

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