18 And while walking by the lake of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishers.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 4:18. 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.
Περιπατῶν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον, καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς.
Περιπατῶν
δὲ
ὁ
Ἰησοῦς
παρὰ
τὴν
θάλασσαν
τῆς
Γαλιλαίας
εἶδε
δύο
ἀδελφούς
Σίμωνα
τὸν
λεγόμενον
Πέτρον
καὶ
Ἀνδρέαν
τὸν
ἀδελφὸν
αὐτοῦ
βάλλοντας
ἀμφίβληστρον
- Lemma
- amfiblhstron
- Transliteration
- amfiblhstron
- Morphology
- Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G293
- Occurrences
- 2
εἰς
τὴν
θάλασσαν
ἦσαν
γὰρ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδεν δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλεεῖς.
τὴν
τῆς
τὸν
καὶ
τὸν
ἀμφίβληστρον
- Lemma
- ἀμφίβληστρον
- Morphology
- N-ASN
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G0293
- Occurrences
- 1
τὴν
ἦσαν
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.
ܘܟܕ ܡܗܠܟ ܥܠ ܝܕ ܝܡܐ ܕܓܠܝܠܐ ܚܙܐ ܬܪܝܢ ܐܚܝܢ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܬܩܪܝ ܟܐܦܐ ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܣ ܐܚܘܗܝ ܕܪܡܝܢ ܡܨܝܕܬܐ ܒܝܡܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܗܘܘ ܓܝܪ ܨܝܕܐ
ܘܟܕ
- 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
- ܘܟܕ
- Transliteration
- wkd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 429
ܡܗܠܟ
- 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
- ܡܗܠܟ
- Transliteration
- mhlk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 18
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 909
ܝܕ
- 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
- ܝܕ
- Transliteration
- yd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 22
ܝܡܐ
- 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
- ܝܡܐ
- Transliteration
- yamma
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- sea
- Occurrences
- 45
ܕܓܠܝܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܓܠܝܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dglyl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 20
ܚܙܐ
- 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
- ܚܙܐ
- Transliteration
- hza
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- saw
- Occurrences
- 101
ܬܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܬܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- tryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 77
ܐܚܝܢ
- 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
- ܐܚܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'hyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 29
ܫܡܥܘܢ
- 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
- ܫܡܥܘܢ
- Transliteration
- shm'wn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 111
ܕܐܬܩܪܝ
- 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
- ܕܐܬܩܪܝ
- Transliteration
- d'tqry
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 9
ܟܐܦܐ
- 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
- ܟܐܦܐ
- Transliteration
- k'p'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 101
ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܣ
- 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
- ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܣ
- Transliteration
- w'ndr'ws
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
ܐܚܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܐܚܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- 'hwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 35
ܕܪܡܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܪܡܝܢ
- Transliteration
- drmyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܡܨܝܕܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܨܝܕܬܐ
- Transliteration
- msydt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 4
ܒܝܡܐ
- 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
- ܒܝܡܐ
- Transliteration
- bym'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 32
ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'ytyhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 49
ܗܘܘ
- 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
- ܗܘܘ
- Transliteration
- hww
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 815
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
ܨܝܕܐ
- 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
- ܨܝܕܐ
- Transliteration
- syd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 12
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Ambulans autem Jesus juxta mare Galilææ, vidit duos fratres, Simonem, qui vocatur Petrus, et Andream fratrem ejus, mittentes rete in mare (erant enim piscatores),
ambulans
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ambulo
- Transliteration
- ambulans
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 412
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
iuxta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iuxta
- Transliteration
- iuxta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 593
mare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mare
- Transliteration
- mare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 490
Galilaeae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Galilaea
- Transliteration
- Galilaeae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 62
vidit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- vidit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
duos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- duo
- Transliteration
- duos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 695
fratres
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- frater
- Transliteration
- fratres
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1060
Simonem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Simon
- Transliteration
- Simonem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 204
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
vocatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uoco
- Transliteration
- vocatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 652
Petrus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Petrus
- Transliteration
- Petrus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 158
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
Andream
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Andreas
- Transliteration
- Andream
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 13
fratrem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- frater
- Transliteration
- fratrem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1060
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
mittentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mitto
- Transliteration
- mittentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1165
rete
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rete
- Transliteration
- rete
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 31
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
mare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mare
- Transliteration
- mare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 490
erant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
piscatores
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- piscator
- Transliteration
- piscatores
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8
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.
Matthew 10:2
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
11 relevance votesLuke 6:14
Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,
8 relevance votesMatthew 16:18
And I on my part say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.
6 relevance votesJohn 6:1
After these things Jesus went away across the lake of Galilee, that of Tiberias.
4 relevance votesMatthew 15:29
And departing thence, Jesus came near the lake of Galilee; and going up the mountain, he sat down there.
4 relevance votesMark 7:31
And again leaving the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the lake of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
4 relevance votesJohn 21:1
After these things he manifested himself again to the disciples at the lake of Tiberias. And he manifested himself in this manner.
4 relevance votesJohn 6:8
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith to him,
3 relevance votes