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5 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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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 2:5. 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 51
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 δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας· οὕτω γὰρ γέγραπται διὰ τοῦ προφήτου,

14 word entries
Οἱ
Lemma
oi
Transliteration
oi
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1185
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
εἶπον
Lemma
eipon
Transliteration
eipon
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
163
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
Ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
Βηθλεὲμ
Lemma
bhqleem
Transliteration
bhqleem
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G965
Occurrences
8
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
Ἰουδαίας
Transliteration
ioudaiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2449
Occurrences
26
οὕτω
Lemma
outwv
Transliteration
outwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
213
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
γέγραπται
Transliteration
gegraptai
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1125
Occurrences
67
διὰ
Lemma
dia
Transliteration
dia
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
535
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
προφήτου
Transliteration
profhtou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4396
Occurrences
30
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 δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, ἐν Βηθλέεμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας· οὕτως γὰρ γέγραπται διὰ τοῦ προφήτου·

14 word entries
οἱ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
εἶπαν
Morphology
V-2AAI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτῷ,
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
Βηθλέεμ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0965
Occurrences
8
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἰουδαίας·
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2449
Occurrences
43
οὕτως
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
208
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
γέγραπται
Morphology
V-RPI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1125
Occurrences
190
διὰ
Lemma
διά
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1223
Occurrences
633
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
προφήτου·
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4396
Occurrences
145
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.

ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܐܡܪܘ ܒܒܝܬ-ܠܚܡ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܟܬܝܒ ܒܢܒܝܐ

10 word entries
ܗܢܘܢ
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
hnwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
314
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
ܐܡܪܘ
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
'mrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
49
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.
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.
Transliteration
dyhwd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
10
ܗܟܢܐ
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
hkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
220
ܓܝܪ
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
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1085
ܟܬܝܒ
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
ktyb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
40
ܒܢܒܝܐ
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
bnby'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
7
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.

At illi dixerunt: In Bethlehem Judæ: sic enim scriptum est per prophetam:

13 word entries
at
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
at
Transliteration
at
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
286
illi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
dixerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
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
sic
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sic
Transliteration
sic
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
584
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
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
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
prophetam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
prophetam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
506

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 7:42

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

8 relevance votes

Ruth 1:1

Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.

4 relevance votes

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

3 relevance votes

Ruth 2:4

And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing.

2 relevance votes

Joshua 19:15

And Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Beth-lehem; twelve towns with their unwalled places.

1 relevance votes

Ruth 4:11

And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;

1 relevance votes

Ruth 1:19

So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

1 relevance votes

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

0 relevance votes
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