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Chapter 25
Verse 21
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21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

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Panels 4
Word Entries 91
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.

Ἔφη δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ, Εὖ, δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ, ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω· εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου.

26 word entries
Ἔφη
Lemma
efh
Transliteration
efh
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5346
Occurrences
39
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
κύριος
Lemma
kuriov
Transliteration
kuriov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
183
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
Εὖ
Lemma
eu
Transliteration
eu
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G2095
Occurrences
6
δοῦλε
Lemma
doule
Transliteration
doule
Morphology
Greek: noun vocative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
6
ἀγαθὲ
Lemma
agaqe
Transliteration
agaqe
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G18
Occurrences
6
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
πιστέ
Lemma
piste
Transliteration
piste
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4103
Occurrences
2
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
ὀλίγα
Lemma
oliga
Transliteration
oliga
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3641
Occurrences
7
ἦς
Lemma
hv
Transliteration
hv
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
55
πιστός
Lemma
pistov
Transliteration
pistov
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4103
Occurrences
34
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
πολλῶν
Lemma
pollwn
Transliteration
pollwn
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
41
σε
Lemma
se
Transliteration
se
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
197
καταστήσω
Transliteration
katasthsw
Morphology
Greek: verb future active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2525
Occurrences
2
εἴσελθε
Lemma
eiselqe
Transliteration
eiselqe
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1525
Occurrences
4
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
χαρὰν
Lemma
caran
Transliteration
caran
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5479
Occurrences
14
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
κυρίου
Lemma
kuriou
Transliteration
kuriou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
250
σου
Lemma
sou
Transliteration
sou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
498
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.

ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ· εὖ, δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ, ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω· εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου.

25 word entries
ἔφη
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5346
Occurrences
68
αὐτῷ
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κύριος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
αὐτοῦ·
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
εὖ,
Lemma
εὖ
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G2095
Occurrences
6
δοῦλε
Morphology
N-VSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
124
ἀγαθὲ
Morphology
A-VSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0018
Occurrences
102
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
πιστέ,
Morphology
A-VSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4103
Occurrences
67
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
ὀλίγα
Morphology
A-APN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3641
Occurrences
41
ἦς
Morphology
V-IAI-2S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
πιστός,
Morphology
A-NSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4103
Occurrences
67
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
πολλῶν
Morphology
A-GPN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
354
σε
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2AS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
καταστήσω·
Morphology
V-FAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2525
Occurrences
21
εἴσελθε
Morphology
V-2AAM-2S
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
χαρὰν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5479
Occurrences
59
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κυρίου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
σου.
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
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 ܡܪܗ ܐܝܘ ܥܒܕܐ ܛܒܐ ܘܡܗܝܡܢܐ ܥܠ ܩܠܝܠ ܡܗܝܡܢ ܗܘܝܬ ܥܠ ܣܓܝ ܐܩܝܡܟ ܥܘܠ ܠܚܕܘܬܗ ܕܡܪܟ

17 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
ܡܪܗ
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
ܡܪܗ
Transliteration
mrh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
26
ܐܝܘ
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
ܐܝܘ
Transliteration
'yw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܥܒܕܐ
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
'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
132
ܛܒܐ
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
ܛܒܐ
Transliteration
tb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
75
ܘܡܗܝܡܢܐ
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
wmhymn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
909
ܩܠܝܠ
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
qlyl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
49
ܡܗܝܡܢ
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
mhymn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
42
ܗܘܝܬ
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
hwyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
162
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
909
ܣܓܝ
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
ܣܓܝ
Transliteration
sgy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
56
ܐܩܝܡܟ
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
'qymk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܥܘܠ
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
ܥܘܠ
Transliteration
'wl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
8
ܠܚܕܘܬܗ
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
lhdwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2
ܕܡܪܟ
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
dmrk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
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.

Ait illi dominus ejus: Euge serve bone, et fidelis: quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam; intra in gaudium domini tui.

23 word entries
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
dominus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
dominus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
euge
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
euge
Transliteration
euge
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
15
bone
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bonus
Transliteration
bone
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
847
serve
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruus
Transliteration
serve
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
846
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
fidelis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fidelis
Transliteration
fidelis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
132
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
pauca
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
paucus
Transliteration
pauca
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
67
fuisti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fuisti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
fidelis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fidelis
Transliteration
fidelis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
132
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
multa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
multus
Transliteration
multa
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1032
te
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
te
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
constituam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
constituam
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
313
intra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
intra
Transliteration
intra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
87
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
gaudium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gaudium
Transliteration
gaudium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
142
domini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
domini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
tui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615

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.

Matthew 25:23

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

52 relevance votes

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He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

43 relevance votes

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If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

36 relevance votes

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If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

22 relevance votes

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To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

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And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

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Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

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Revelation 2:10

Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

13 relevance votes

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Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

13 relevance votes

Philippians 1:23

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

11 relevance votes

Romans 2:29

But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

10 relevance votes

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Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.

10 relevance votes
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