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Colossians 4

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6 Let your conversation always be kindly, but not bland, season it, as it were, with salt; be aware in each case of the answer you should be giving. Conclusion

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 4:6. 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 61
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.

Ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι.

15 word entries
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
λόγος
Lemma
logov
Transliteration
logov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
66
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
πάντοτε
Lemma
pantote
Transliteration
pantote
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3842
Occurrences
42
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
χάριτι
Lemma
cariti
Transliteration
cariti
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5485
Occurrences
24
ἅλατι
Lemma
alati
Transliteration
alati
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G217
Occurrences
1
ἠρτυμένος
Transliteration
hrtumenov
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G741
Occurrences
1
εἰδέναι
Lemma
eidenai
Transliteration
eidenai
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
12
πῶς
Lemma
pwv
Transliteration
pwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4459
Occurrences
105
δεῖ
Lemma
dei
Transliteration
dei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1163
Occurrences
81
ὑμᾶς
Lemma
umav
Transliteration
umav
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
438
ἑνὶ
Lemma
eni
Transliteration
eni
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
26
ἑκάστῳ
Lemma
ekastw
Transliteration
ekastw
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1538
Occurrences
18
ἀποκρίνεσθαι
Transliteration
apokrinesqai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G611
Occurrences
1
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.

ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι.

15 word entries
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
λόγος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
330
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
πάντοτε
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3842
Occurrences
41
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
χάριτι,
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5485
Occurrences
155
ἅλατι
Morphology
N-DSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0217
Occurrences
8
ἠρτυμένος,
Morphology
V-RPP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0741
Occurrences
3
εἰδέναι
Morphology
V-RAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1492
Occurrences
317
πῶς
Lemma
πῶς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4459
Occurrences
104
δεῖ
Lemma
δεῖ
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1163
Occurrences
103
ὑμᾶς
Morphology
P-2AP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἑνὶ
Lemma
εἷς
Morphology
A-DSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
336
ἑκάστῳ
Morphology
A-DSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1538
Occurrences
82
ἀποκρίνεσθαι.
Morphology
V-PNN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0611
Occurrences
233
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.

ܘܡܠܬܟܘܢ ܒܟܠܙܒܢ ܒܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܒܡܠܚܐ ܬܗܘܐ ܡܡܕܟܐ ܘܗܘܝܬܘܢ ܝܕܥܝܢ ܠܐܢܫ ܐܢܫ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܘܠܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܠܡܬܒܘ ܦܬܓܡܐ

16 word entries
ܘܡܠܬܟܘܢ
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
wmltkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܒܟܠܙܒܢ
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
bklzbn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
41
ܒܛܝܒܘܬܐ
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
btybwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
12
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܕܒܡܠܚܐ
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
dbmlh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܬܗܘܐ
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
thw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
79
ܡܡܕܟܐ
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
mmdk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܘܗܘܝܬܘܢ
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
whwytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
29
ܝܕܥܝܢ
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
yd'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
122
ܠܐܢܫ
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
l'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
35
ܐܢܫ
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
ܐܢܫ
Transliteration
'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
323
ܐܝܟܢܐ
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
'ykn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
261
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
732
ܠܟܘܢ
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
lkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
676
ܠܡܬܒܘ
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
lmtbw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܦܬܓܡܐ
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
ptgm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
22
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.

Sermo vester semper in gratia sale sit conditus, ut sciatis quomodo oporteat vos unicuique respondere.

15 word entries
sermo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sermo
Transliteration
sermo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
626
vester
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vester
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
semper
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
semper
Transliteration
semper
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
180
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
gratia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gratia
Transliteration
gratia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
364
sale
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sal
Transliteration
sale
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
33
sit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
conditus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
condo
Transliteration
conditus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
24
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
sciatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scio
Transliteration
sciatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
693
quomodo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quomodo
Transliteration
quomodo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
284
oporteat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oportet
Transliteration
oporteat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
121
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
unicuique
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
unicuique
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
278
respondere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respondere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851

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