25 The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:25. 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: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
תַּאֲוַ֣ת עָצֵ֣ל תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־מֵאֲנ֖וּ יָדָ֣יו לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
תַּאֲוַ֣ת
תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ
כִּֽי
מֵאֲנ֖וּ
יָדָ֣יו
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Ἐπιθυμίαι ὀκνηρὸν ἀποκτείνουσιν, οὐ γὰρ προαιροῦνται αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν τι.
Ἐπιθυμίαι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἐπιθυμίαι
- Transliteration
- epithymiai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 3
ὀκνηρὸν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- ὀκνηρὸν
- Transliteration
- okneron
- Morphology
- accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
ἀποκτείνουσιν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- ἀποκτείνουσιν
- Transliteration
- apokteinoysin
- Morphology
- verb, present/future active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 2
οὐ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- οὐ
- Transliteration
- ou
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Negative particle before rough breathing.
- Occurrences
- 5892
γὰρ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- γάρ
- Transliteration
- gar
- Morphology
- postpositive explanatory conjunction
- Gloss
- for, because
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Explanatory or causal conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 1390
προαιροῦνται
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- προαιροῦνται
- Transliteration
- proairoyntai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
αἱ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
χεῖρες
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- χείρ
- Transliteration
- cheir
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- hand
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Hand or power.
- Occurrences
- 1718
αὐτοῦ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
ποιεῖν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ποιέω
- Transliteration
- poiein
- Morphology
- present active infinitive
- Gloss
- to make, to do
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To make, do, perform, or produce.
- Strong's
- G4160
- Occurrences
- 2253
τι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- τις
- Transliteration
- tis
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative singular
- Gloss
- someone, anyone, who?
- Part of Speech
- indefinite/interrogative pronoun
- Definition
- Indefinite or interrogative pronoun depending on accent/context.
- Occurrences
- 190
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܪܓܬܗ ܕܚܒܢܢܐ ܩܛܠܐ ܠܗ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܨܒܐ ܕܢܥܒ̈ܕܢ ܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܥ̇ܒܕܐ
ܪܓܬܗ
- 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
- ܪܓܬܗ
- Transliteration
- rgth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܕܚܒܢܢܐ
- 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
- ܕܚܒܢܢܐ
- Transliteration
- dhbnn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܩܛܠܐ
- 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
- ܩܛܠܐ
- Transliteration
- qtl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 10
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
- 2252
ܡܛܠ
- 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
- ܡܛܠ
- Transliteration
- mtl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2606
ܕܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1157
ܨܒܐ
- 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
- ܨܒܐ
- Transliteration
- sb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 93
ܕܢܥܒ̈ܕܢ
- 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
- ܕܢܥܒܕܢ
- Transliteration
- dn'bdn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܐܝܕܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- 'ydwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 73
ܥ̇ܒܕܐ
- 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
- ܥܒܕܐ
- Transliteration
- 'bd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 209
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
רִגְתָא דְעַטְלָא מְמִיתָא לֵיהּ דְלָא צָבְיָן אַיְדִין דְעָבְדִין עֲבִדְתָּא׃
רִגְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רגתא
- Transliteration
- rgt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 6
דְעַטְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עטלא
- Transliteration
- d'tl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 13
מְמִיתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מיתא
- Transliteration
- mmyt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 8
לֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ליה
- Transliteration
- lyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1154
דְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דלא
- Transliteration
- dl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 607
צָבְיָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צבין
- Transliteration
- tsbyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
אַיְדִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אידין
- Transliteration
- 'ydyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 15
דְעָבְדִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עבדין
- Transliteration
- d'bdyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 117
עֲבִדְתָּא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עבדתא
- Transliteration
- 'bdt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 56
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Desideria occidunt pigrum: noluerunt enim quidquam manus ejus operari.
desideria
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- desiderium
- Transliteration
- desideria
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 60
occidunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- occido
- Transliteration
- occidunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 370
pigrum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- piger
- Transliteration
- pigrum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 23
noluerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nolo
- Transliteration
- noluerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 620
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
quicquam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quisquam
- Transliteration
- quicquam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 177
manus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manus
- Transliteration
- manus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1822
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
operari
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- operor
- Transliteration
- operari
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 234
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.
Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.
7 relevance votesMatthew 25:26
And his master answered, and said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.
6 relevance votesProverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.
5 relevance votesProverbs 19:24
The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not put it to his mouth againe.
5 relevance votesProverbs 12:27
The deceitfull man rosteth not, that hee tooke in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious.
4 relevance votesProverbs 15:19
The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is plaine.
4 relevance votesProverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.
4 relevance votesProverbs 20:4
The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.
3 relevance votesProverbs 26:13
The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes.
2 relevance votesProverbs 22:13
The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
2 relevance votes