16 Avoid profane prattle. Those who indulge in it only get deeper into irreligious ways,
2 Timothy 2
Open English Bible, US Edition, Verse 16
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Τὰς δὲ βεβήλους κενοφωνίας περιΐστασο· ἐπὶ πλεῖον γὰρ προκόψουσιν ἀσεβείας,
Τὰς
δὲ
βεβήλους
κενοφωνίας
- Lemma
- kenofwniav
- Transliteration
- kenofwniav
- Morphology
- Greek: noun accusative plural feminine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G2757
- Occurrences
- 2
περιΐστασο
- Lemma
- periistaso
- Transliteration
- periistaso
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle imperative singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4026
- Occurrences
- 2
ἐπὶ
πλεῖον
γὰρ
προκόψουσιν
- Lemma
- prokoyousin
- Transliteration
- prokoyousin
- Morphology
- Greek: verb future active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4298
- Occurrences
- 3
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
τὰς δὲ βεβήλους κενοφωνίας περιΐστασο· ἐπὶ πλεῖον γὰρ προκόψουσιν ἀσεβείας,
τὰς
περιΐστασο·
- Lemma
- περιΐστημι
- Morphology
- V-PMM-2S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G4026
- Occurrences
- 4
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.
ܘܡܢ ܡܠܐ ܣܪܝܩܬܐ ܕܠܝܬ ܒܗܝܢ ܚܫܚܘ ܐܫܬܐܠ ܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ ܓܝܪ ܢܘܣܦܘܢ ܥܠ ܪܘܫܥܗܘܢ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܥܢܝܢ ܒܗܝܢ
ܘܡܢ
- 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
- ܘܡܢ
- Transliteration
- wmn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 285
ܡܠܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܐ
- Transliteration
- ml'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 72
ܣܪܝܩܬܐ
- 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
- ܣܪܝܩܬܐ
- Transliteration
- sryqt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 8
ܕܠܝܬ
- 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
- ܕܠܝܬ
- Transliteration
- dlyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 52
ܒܗܝܢ
- 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
- ܒܗܝܢ
- Transliteration
- bhyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 26
ܚܫܚܘ
- 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
- ܚܫܚܘ
- Transliteration
- hshhw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܐܫܬܐܠ
- 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
- ܐܫܬܐܠ
- Transliteration
- 'sht'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 6
ܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ
- 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
- ܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ
- Transliteration
- ytyr'yt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 64
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
ܢܘܣܦܘܢ
- 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
- ܢܘܣܦܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nwspwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 2
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
ܪܘܫܥܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܪܘܫܥܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- rwsh'hwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
- Lemma
- ܗܢܘܢ
- Transliteration
- hnwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 314
ܕܥܢܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܥܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- d'nyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܒܗܝܢ
- 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
- ܒܗܝܢ
- Transliteration
- bhyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 26
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Profana autem et vaniloquia devita: multum enim proficiunt ad impietatem:
profana
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- profanus
- Transliteration
- profana
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 10
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
inaniloquia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- inaniloquia
- Transliteration
- inaniloquia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1
devita
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- deuito
- Transliteration
- devita
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 14
multum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- multum
- Transliteration
- multum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 75
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
proficient
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- proficio
- Transliteration
- proficient
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 29
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
impietatem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- impietas
- Transliteration
- impietatem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 49
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