1 Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 2:1. 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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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ γεννηθέντος ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἐν ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου τοῦ βασιλέως, ἰδού, μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν παρεγένοντο εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα,
Τοῦ
δὲ
Ἰησοῦ
γεννηθέντος
- Lemma
- gennhqentov
- Transliteration
- gennhqentov
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist passive participle genitive singular masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1080
- Occurrences
- 1
ἐν
Βηθλεὲμ
τῆς
Ἰουδαίας
ἐν
ἡμέραις
Ἡρῴδου
τοῦ
βασιλέως
ἰδού
μάγοι
ἀπὸ
ἀνατολῶν
παρεγένοντο
- Lemma
- paregenonto
- Transliteration
- paregenonto
- Morphology
- Greek: verb second aorist middle deponent indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3854
- Occurrences
- 5
εἰς
Ἱεροσόλυμα
- Lemma
- ierosoluma
- Transliteration
- ierosoluma
- Morphology
- Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G2414
- Occurrences
- 34
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ γεννηθέντος ἐν Βηθλέεμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἐν ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου τοῦ βασιλέως, ἰδοὺ μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν παρεγένοντο εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα
Τοῦ
ἐν
τῆς
ἐν
τοῦ
παρεγένοντο
- Lemma
- παραγίνομαι
- Morphology
- V-2ADI-3P
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G3854
- Occurrences
- 37
Ἱεροσόλυμα
- Lemma
- Ἱεροσόλυμα
- Morphology
- N-APN
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G2414
- Occurrences
- 61
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.
ܟܕ ܕܝܢ ܐܬܝܠܕ ܝܫܘܥ ܒܒܝܬ-ܠܚܡ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ ܒܝܘܡܝ ܗܪܘܕܣ ܡܠܟܐ ܐܬܘ ܡܓܘܫܐ ܡܢ ܡܕܢܚܐ ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ
ܟܕ
- 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
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 730
ܕܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1830
ܐܬܝܠܕ
- 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
- ܐܬܝܠܕ
- Transliteration
- 'tyld
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 12
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.
- Lemma
- ܝܫܘܥ
- Transliteration
- yshw'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 848
ܒܒܝܬ
- 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
- ܒܒܝܬ
- Transliteration
- bbyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 13
ܠܚܡ
- 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
- ܠܚܡ
- Transliteration
- lhm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܕܝܗܘܕܐ
- 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
- ܕܝܗܘܕܐ
- Transliteration
- dyhwd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 10
ܒܝܘܡܝ
- 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
- ܒܝܘܡܝ
- Transliteration
- bywmy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܗܪܘܕܣ
- 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
- ܗܪܘܕܣ
- Transliteration
- hrwds
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 29
ܡܠܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 84
ܐܬܘ
- 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
- ܐܬܘ
- Transliteration
- 'tw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 46
ܡܓܘܫܐ
- 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
- ܡܓܘܫܐ
- Transliteration
- mgwsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- 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
ܡܕܢܚܐ
- 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
- ܡܕܢܚܐ
- Transliteration
- mdnh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 5
ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ
- 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
- ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ
- Transliteration
- l'wrshlm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 59
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Cum ergo natus esset Jesus in Bethlehem Juda in diebus Herodis regis, ecce magi ab oriente venerunt Jerosolymam,
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 5272
ergo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ergo
- Transliteration
- ergo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1237
natus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nascor
- Transliteration
- natus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 189
esset
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- esset
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
Iesus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iesus
- Transliteration
- Iesus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 970
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
Bethleem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Bethleem
- Transliteration
- Bethleem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 47
Iudaeae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iudaea
- Transliteration
- Iudaeae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 117
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
diebus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dies
- Transliteration
- diebus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2559
Herodis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Herodes
- Transliteration
- Herodis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 43
regis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
ecce
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ecce
- Transliteration
- ecce
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: other
- Occurrences
- 1031
magi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- magus
- Transliteration
- magi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 13
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
oriente
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Oriens
- Transliteration
- oriente
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 23
venerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- venerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
Hierosolymam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Hierosolyma
- Transliteration
- Hierosolymam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 852
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.
Micah 5:2
And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.
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Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?
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For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.
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And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
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The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
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But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.
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And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
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In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
8 relevance votesMatthew 1:25
And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.
8 relevance votesLuke 2:15
And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.
8 relevance votes1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
8 relevance votesMatthew 2:3
And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
5 relevance votes