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John 6

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31 Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to John 6:31. 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 65
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.

Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστι γεγραμμένον, Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

19 word entries
Οἱ
Lemma
oi
Transliteration
oi
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1185
πατέρες
Lemma
paterev
Transliteration
paterev
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
24
ἡμῶν
Lemma
hmwn
Transliteration
hmwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
415
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
μάννα
Lemma
manna
Transliteration
manna
Morphology
Greek: Hebrew word
Part of Speech
Hebrew word
Strong's
G3131
Occurrences
5
ἔφαγον
Lemma
efagon
Transliteration
efagon
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5315
Occurrences
12
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τῇ
Lemma
th
Transliteration
th
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
890
ἐρήμῳ
Lemma
erhmw
Transliteration
erhmw
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2048
Occurrences
23
καθώς
Lemma
kaqwv
Transliteration
kaqwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G2531
Occurrences
182
ἐστι
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
γεγραμμένον
Transliteration
gegrammenon
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive participle nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1125
Occurrences
17
Ἄρτον
Lemma
arton
Transliteration
arton
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G740
Occurrences
39
ἐκ
Lemma
ek
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
679
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
οὐρανοῦ
Lemma
ouranou
Transliteration
ouranou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
96
ἔδωκεν
Lemma
edwken
Transliteration
edwken
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
67
αὐτοῖς
Lemma
autoiv
Transliteration
autoiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
581
φαγεῖν
Lemma
fagein
Transliteration
fagein
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5315
Occurrences
35
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.

οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον· ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

19 word entries
οἱ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πατέρες
Morphology
N-NPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
412
ἡμῶν
Morphology
P-1GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μάννα
Morphology
HEB
Part of Speech
HEB
Strong's
G3131
Occurrences
4
ἔφαγον
Morphology
V-2AAI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5315
Occurrences
93
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
τῇ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐρήμῳ,
Morphology
A-DSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2048
Occurrences
48
καθώς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G2531
Occurrences
181
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
γεγραμμένον·
Morphology
V-RPP-NSN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1125
Occurrences
190
ἄρτον
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0740
Occurrences
97
ἐκ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
οὐρανοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
275
ἔδωκεν
Morphology
V-AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
414
αὐτοῖς
Morphology
P-DPM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
φαγεῖν.
Morphology
V-2AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5315
Occurrences
93
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.

ܐܒܗܝܢ ܡܢܢܐ ܐܟܠܘ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܟܬܝܒ ܕܠܚܡܐ ܡܢ ܫܡܝܐ ܝܗܒ ܠܗܘܢ ܠܡܐܟܠ

12 word entries
ܐܒܗܝܢ
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
'bhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
7
ܡܢܢܐ
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
mnn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
5
ܐܟܠܘ
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
'klw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܒܡܕܒܪܐ
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
bmdbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
14
ܐܝܟܢܐ
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
'ykn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
261
ܕܟܬܝܒ
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
dktyb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
50
ܕܠܚܡܐ
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
dlhm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
6
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
ܫܡܝܐ
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
shmaya
Morphology
noun, plural/emphatic
Gloss
heavens, sky
Occurrences
119
ܝܗܒ
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
ܝܗܒ
Transliteration
yahab
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
gave
Occurrences
77
ܠܗܘܢ
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
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
830
ܠܡܐܟܠ
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
lm'kl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
24
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.

Patres nostri manducaverunt manna in deserto, sicut scriptum est: Panem de cælo dedit eis manducare.

15 word entries
patres
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
patres
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
nostri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
noster
Transliteration
nostri
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1263
manna
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manna
Transliteration
manna
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
11
manducaverunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manduco
Transliteration
manducaverunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
177
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
deserto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
deserto
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
196
sicut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sicut
Transliteration
sicut
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1559
scriptum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scribo
Transliteration
scriptum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
451
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
panem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
panis
Transliteration
panem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
393
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
caelo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caelo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
heaven
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
heaven, sky
Etymology
Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences
740
dedit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
dedit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
eis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
manducare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manduco
Transliteration
manducare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
177

Ranked cross references

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.

Nehemiah 9:15

And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

15 relevance votes

Psalms 105:40

At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

12 relevance votes

Exodus 16:35

And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

8 relevance votes

John 6:49

Your fathers took the manna in the waste land — and they are dead.

7 relevance votes

Nehemiah 9:20

And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

7 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 8:3

And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

7 relevance votes

Joshua 5:12

And there was no more manna from the day after they had for their food the produce of the land; the children of Israel had manna no longer, but that year the produce of the land of Canaan was their food.

6 relevance votes

Revelation 2:17

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.

6 relevance votes

John 6:58

This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

5 relevance votes
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