15 they have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 2 Peter 2:15. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
καταλιπόντες τὴν εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν ἐπλανήθησαν, ἐξακολουθήσαντες τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ τοῦ Βοσόρ, ὃς μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἠγάπησεν,
καταλιπόντες
- Lemma
- katalipontev
- Transliteration
- katalipontev
- Morphology
- Greek: verb second aorist active participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G2641
- Occurrences
- 2
τὴν
εὐθεῖαν
ὁδὸν
ἐπλανήθησαν
- Lemma
- eplanhqhsan
- Transliteration
- eplanhqhsan
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist passive indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4105
- Occurrences
- 2
ἐξακολουθήσαντες
- Lemma
- exakolouqhsantev
- Transliteration
- exakolouqhsantev
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1811
- Occurrences
- 2
τῇ
ὁδῷ
τοῦ
Βαλαὰμ
τοῦ
Βοσόρ
ὃς
μισθὸν
ἀδικίας
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
καταλείποντες εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν ἐπλανήθησαν, ἐξακολουθήσαντες τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ τοῦ Βοσόρ, ὃς μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἠγάπησεν
ἐξακολουθήσαντες
- Lemma
- ἐξακολουθέω
- Morphology
- V-AAP-NPM
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1811
- Occurrences
- 3
τῇ
τοῦ
τοῦ
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.
ܕܟܕ ܫܒܩܘ ܐܘܪܚܐ ܬܪܝܨܬܐ ܫܓܘ ܘܐܙܠܘ ܒܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܒܠܥܡ ܒܪ ܒܥܘܪ ܗܘ ܕܐܓܪܐ ܕܥܘܠܐ ܐܚܒ
ܕܟܕ
- 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
- ܕܟܕ
- Transliteration
- dkd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 54
ܫܒܩܘ
- 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
- ܫܒܩܘ
- Transliteration
- shbqw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 9
ܐܘܪܚܐ
- 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
- ܐܘܪܚܐ
- Transliteration
- 'wrh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 32
ܬܪܝܨܬܐ
- 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
- ܬܪܝܨܬܐ
- Transliteration
- tryst'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 3
ܫܓܘ
- 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
- ܫܓܘ
- Transliteration
- shgw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܘܐܙܠܘ
- 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
- ܘܐܙܠܘ
- Transliteration
- w'zlw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 34
ܒܐܘܪܚܐ
- 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
- ܒܐܘܪܚܐ
- Transliteration
- b'wrh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 36
ܕܒܠܥܡ
- 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
- ܕܒܠܥܡ
- Transliteration
- dbl'm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܒܪ
- 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
- ܒܪ
- Transliteration
- bar
- Morphology
- noun, masculine construct singular
- Gloss
- son
- Occurrences
- 144
ܒܥܘܪ
- 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
- ܒܥܘܪ
- Transliteration
- b'wr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܗܘ
- 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
- ܗܘ
- Transliteration
- hu
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, it, is
- Occurrences
- 1648
ܕܐܓܪܐ
- 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
- ܕܐܓܪܐ
- Transliteration
- d'gr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܥܘܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܥܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- d'wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 11
ܐܚܒ
- 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
- ܐܚܒ
- Transliteration
- 'hb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 4
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
derelinquentes rectam viam erraverunt, secuti viam Balaam ex Bosor, qui mercedem iniquitatis amavit:
derelinquentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- derelinquo
- Transliteration
- derelinquentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 214
rectam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rectus
- Transliteration
- rectam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 112
viam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uia
- Transliteration
- viam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 853
erraverunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- erro
- Transliteration
- erraverunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 73
secuti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sequor
- Transliteration
- secuti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 281
viam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uia
- Transliteration
- viam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 853
Balaam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Baalam
- Transliteration
- Balaam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 43
ex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ex
- Transliteration
- ex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1715
Bosor
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Bosor
- Transliteration
- Bosor
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 9
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
mercedem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- merces
- Transliteration
- mercedem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 104
iniquitatis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iniquitas
- Transliteration
- iniquitatis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 460
amavit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- amo
- Transliteration
- amavit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 59
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.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee; thou hast there them that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the sons of Israel, and to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
11 relevance votesJude 1:11
Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and rushed on in the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.
10 relevance votesNumbers 31:16
7 relevance votesNehemiah 13:2
6 relevance votesMicah 6:5
O my people, remember what Balak the king of Moab devised. And what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, What happened from Shittim to Gilgal, That ye may know the mercies of Jehovah.”
5 relevance votesActs 1:18
Now this man purchased a field with the wages of the iniquity; and falling headlong he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.
4 relevance votesActs 13:10
and said, O full of all deceit, and of all mischief, son of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
4 relevance votes2 Peter 2:13
receiving the wages of unrighteousness. Counting it pleasure to riot in the day-time, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits while they feast with you,
4 relevance votesProverbs 28:4
They who forsake the law praise the wicked; But they who keep the law contend with them.
4 relevance votes