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2 For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the powers of the air – the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

ἐν αἷς ποτὲ περιεπατήσατε κατὰ τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, κατὰ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ νῦν ἐνεργοῦντος ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀπειθείας·

27 word entries
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
αἷς
Lemma
aiv
Transliteration
aiv
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
13
ποτὲ
Lemma
pote
Transliteration
pote
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G4218
Occurrences
48
περιεπατήσατε
Transliteration
periepathsate
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4043
Occurrences
2
κατὰ
Lemma
kata
Transliteration
kata
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
335
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
αἰῶνα
Lemma
aiwna
Transliteration
aiwna
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G165
Occurrences
33
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
κόσμου
Lemma
kosmou
Transliteration
kosmou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
73
τούτου
Lemma
toutou
Transliteration
toutou
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
77
κατὰ
Lemma
kata
Transliteration
kata
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
335
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
ἄρχοντα
Lemma
arconta
Transliteration
arconta
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G758
Occurrences
6
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
ἐξουσίας
Transliteration
exousiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1849
Occurrences
12
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
ἀέρος
Lemma
aerov
Transliteration
aerov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G109
Occurrences
1
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
πνεύματος
Transliteration
pneumatov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
97
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
νῦν
Lemma
nun
Transliteration
nun
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3568
Occurrences
143
ἐνεργοῦντος
Transliteration
energountov
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1754
Occurrences
2
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
υἱοῖς
Lemma
uioiv
Transliteration
uioiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
7
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
ἀπειθείας
Transliteration
apeiqeiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G543
Occurrences
4
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

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Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

ἐν αἷς ποτε περιεπατήσατε κατὰ τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, κατὰ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ νῦν ἐνεργοῦντος ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀπειθείας·

27 word entries
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
αἷς
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-DPF
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
ποτε
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G4218
Occurrences
29
περιεπατήσατε
Morphology
V-AAI-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4043
Occurrences
94
κατὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
471
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
αἰῶνα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0165
Occurrences
124
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κόσμου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
τούτου,
Morphology
D-GSM
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
κατὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
471
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἄρχοντα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0758
Occurrences
37
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐξουσίας
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1849
Occurrences
102
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀέρος,
Lemma
ἀήρ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0109
Occurrences
7
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πνεύματος
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
379
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
νῦν
Lemma
νῦν
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3568
Occurrences
145
ἐνεργοῦντος
Morphology
V-PAP-GSN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1754
Occurrences
21
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
τοῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
υἱοῖς
Morphology
N-DPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
376
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀπειθείας·
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0543
Occurrences
6
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.

ܒܗܠܝܢ ܕܡܢ ܩܕܝܡ ܗܠܟܬܘܢ ܗܘܝܬܘܢ ܒܗܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܥܠܡܝܘܬܗ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ ܘܐܝܟ ܨܒܝܢܗ ܕܪܝܫ ܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܕܐܐܪ ܘܕܪܘܚܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܡܬܚܦܛܐ ܒܒܢܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܛܦܝܣܢܘܬܐ

21 word entries
ܒܗܠܝܢ
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
bhlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
20
ܕܡܢ
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
ܕܡܢ
Transliteration
dmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
259
ܩܕܝܡ
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
qdym
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
45
ܗܠܟܬܘܢ
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
hlktwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
2
ܗܘܝܬܘܢ
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
hwytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
123
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.
Transliteration
bhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
26
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
ܥܠܡܝܘܬܗ
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
'lmywth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܕܥܠܡܐ
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
d'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
73
ܗܢܐ
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
ܗܢܐ
Transliteration
hn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
482
ܘܐܝܟ
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
w'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
38
ܨܒܝܢܗ
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
sbynh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
35
ܕܪܝܫ
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
drysh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
16
ܫܘܠܛܢܐ
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
shwltn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
49
ܕܐܐܪ
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
d''r
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܘܕܪܘܚܐ
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
wdrwh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܗܕܐ
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
ܗܕܐ
Transliteration
hd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
325
ܕܡܬܚܦܛܐ
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
dmthpt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܒܒܢܝܐ
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
bbny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
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
720
ܡܬܛܦܝܣܢܘܬܐ
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
mttpysnwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
4
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.

in quibus aliquando ambulastis secundum sæculum mundi hujus, secundum principem potestatis aëris hujus, spiritus, qui nunc operatur in filios diffidentiæ,

20 word entries
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
quibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
aliquando
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aliquando
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
47
ambulastis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ambulo
Transliteration
ambulastis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
412
secundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
secundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
529
saeculum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
saeculum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
280
mundi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322
huius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
huius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
secundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
secundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
529
principem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
830
potestatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
potestatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
201
aeris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aes
Transliteration
aeris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
69
huius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
huius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
spiritus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
spiritus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
709
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
nunc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nunc
Transliteration
nunc
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
620
operatur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
operor
Transliteration
operatur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
234
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
filios
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filios
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
diffidentiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
diffidentiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
3

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Ephesians 6:12

For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various powers of evil that hold sway in the darkness around us, against the spirits of wickedness on high.

35 relevance votes

1 John 5:19

We know that we are God’s children, though the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

26 relevance votes

Ephesians 2:3

And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our nature exposed us to the divine wrath, like the rest of humanity.

24 relevance votes

John 12:31

Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world will be driven out;

23 relevance votes

John 8:44

As for you, you are children of your father the devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

22 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:6

Do not let anyone deceive you with specious arguments. Those are the sins that bring down the wrath of God on the disobedient.

22 relevance votes

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For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;

21 relevance votes

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Such some of you used to be; but you washed yourselves clean. You became Christ’s people! You were pronounced righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God!

21 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 4:4

people whose minds have been blinded by the God of this age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the incarnation of God, should not shine for them.

20 relevance votes

1 John 3:10

By this it is made clear who are the children of God and who are the devil’s: anyone who doesn’t do what is right or doesn’t love others is not a child of God.

13 relevance votes

1 John 5:4

for whatever is born of God overcomes the world. What is the victory by which the world is overcome? Our faith!

13 relevance votes

Revelation 20:2

He seized the Dragon, the primeval snake (who is the ‘devil’ or ‘Satan’), and bound him in chains for a thousand years.

13 relevance votes