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16 And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 16:16. 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 50
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.

Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος εἶπε, Σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος.

15 word entries
Ἀποκριθεὶς
Transliteration
apokriqeiv
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive deponent participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G611
Occurrences
109
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
Σίμων
Lemma
simwn
Transliteration
simwn
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4613
Occurrences
37
Πέτρος
Lemma
petrov
Transliteration
petrov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4074
Occurrences
104
εἶπε
Lemma
eipen
Transliteration
eipen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
644
Σὺ
Lemma
su
Transliteration
su
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
178
εἶ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
596
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Χριστὸς
Lemma
cristov
Transliteration
cristov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
117
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
υἱὸς
Lemma
uiov
Transliteration
uiov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
163
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
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
ζῶντος
Lemma
zwntov
Transliteration
zwntov
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2198
Occurrences
15
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.

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος εἶπεν· σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος.

15 word entries
ἀποκριθεὶς
Morphology
V-AOP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0611
Occurrences
233
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
Σίμων
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4613
Occurrences
75
Πέτρος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4074
Occurrences
154
εἶπεν·
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
σὺ
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2NS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
εἶ
Morphology
V-PAI-2S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Χριστὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
530
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
υἱὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
376
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ζῶντος.
Lemma
ζάω
Morphology
V-PAP-GSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2198
Occurrences
140
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 ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܒܪܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܚܝܐ

10 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
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
ܟܐܦܐ
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
k'p'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
101
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
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
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
ܡܫܝܚܐ
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
mshyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
404
ܒܪܗ
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
ܒܪܗ
Transliteration
brh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
139
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
ܚܝܐ
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
ܚܝܐ
Transliteration
hy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
108
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.

Respondens Simon Petrus dixit: Tu es Christus, Filius Dei vivi.

10 word entries
respondens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respondens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
Simon
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Simon
Transliteration
Simon
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
204
Petrus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Petrus
Transliteration
Petrus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
158
dixit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
tu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tu
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
es
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
es
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
Christus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541
Filius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
Filius
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
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
vivi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uiuus
Transliteration
vivi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
92

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.

John 11:27

She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

63 relevance votes

Matthew 14:33

And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

62 relevance votes

1 John 4:15

Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

46 relevance votes

Matthew 27:54

Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

42 relevance votes

1 Timothy 4:10

And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

36 relevance votes

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

29 relevance votes

Acts 9:20

And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

29 relevance votes

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

27 relevance votes

Romans 1:4

But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,

26 relevance votes

1 John 5:5

Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?

26 relevance votes

Hebrews 10:31

We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God.

25 relevance votes

Mark 14:61

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

24 relevance votes
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