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Matthew 3

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1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 3:1. 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 52
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.

Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής, κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας,

15 word entries
Ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
ταῖς
Lemma
taiv
Transliteration
taiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
206
ἡμέραις
Lemma
hmeraiv
Transliteration
hmeraiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2250
Occurrences
50
ἐκείναις
Transliteration
ekeinaiv
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G1565
Occurrences
16
παραγίνεται
Transliteration
paraginetai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3854
Occurrences
3
Ἰωάννης
Lemma
iwannhv
Transliteration
iwannhv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2491
Occurrences
55
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
βαπτιστής
Transliteration
baptisthv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G910
Occurrences
4
κηρύσσων
Transliteration
khrusswn
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2784
Occurrences
13
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
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
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.

Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας

15 word entries
Ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
ταῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἡμέραις
Morphology
N-DPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2250
Occurrences
388
ἐκείναις
Morphology
D-DPF
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G1565
Occurrences
240
παραγίνεται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3854
Occurrences
37
Ἰωάννης
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2491
Occurrences
134
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
βαπτιστὴς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0910
Occurrences
12
κηρύσσων
Morphology
V-PAP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2784
Occurrences
61
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
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
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.

ܒܗܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܒܝܘܡܬܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܐܬܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ ܘܡܟܪܙ ܗܘܐ ܒܚܘܪܒܐ ܕܝܗܘܕ

11 word entries
ܒܗܘܢ
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
bhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
69
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
ܒܝܘܡܬܐ
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
bywmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
15
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
ܐܬܐ
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
ܐܬܐ
Transliteration
etha
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
came
Occurrences
243
ܝܘܚܢܢ
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
ywhnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
62
ܡܥܡܕܢܐ
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
m'mdn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
15
ܘܡܟܪܙ
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
wmkrz
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
11
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
ܒܚܘܪܒܐ
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
bhwrb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܕܝܗܘܕ
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
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
11
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.

In diebus autem illis venit Joannes Baptista prædicans in deserto Judææ,

11 word entries
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
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
illis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
venit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
Iohannes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ioannes
Transliteration
Iohannes
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
149
Baptista
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Baptista
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
15
praedicans
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praedicans
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
151
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
Iudaeae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaea
Transliteration
Iudaeae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
117

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.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

7 relevance votes

Matthew 11:11

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

6 relevance votes

Matthew 16:14

And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

4 relevance votes

Mark 1:15

And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

4 relevance votes

Matthew 11:7

And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

3 relevance votes

Matthew 3:8

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

3 relevance votes

Acts 1:22

Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

3 relevance votes

Luke 7:24

And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

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Judges 1:16

Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

2 relevance votes

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

2 relevance votes

Joshua 14:10

And now, as you see, the Lord has kept me safe these forty-five years, from the time when the Lord said this to Moses, while Israel was wandering in the waste land: and now I am eighty-five years old.

1 relevance votes
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