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Mark 4

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2 Then he taught them many truths in parables; and in the course of his teaching he said to them:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Mark 4:2. 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 46
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.

Καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς πολλά, καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ,

13 word entries
Καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἐδίδασκεν
Transliteration
edidasken
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1321
Occurrences
14
αὐτοὺς
Lemma
autouv
Transliteration
autouv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
353
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
παραβολαῖς
Transliteration
parabolaiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3850
Occurrences
12
πολλά
Lemma
polla
Transliteration
polla
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
67
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἔλεγεν
Lemma
elegen
Transliteration
elegen
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
66
αὐτοῖς
Lemma
autoiv
Transliteration
autoiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
581
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τῇ
Lemma
th
Transliteration
th
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
890
διδαχῇ
Lemma
didach
Transliteration
didach
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1322
Occurrences
16
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
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.

καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς πολλά, καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ·

13 word entries
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἐδίδασκεν
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1321
Occurrences
97
αὐτοὺς
Morphology
P-APM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
παραβολαῖς
Morphology
N-DPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3850
Occurrences
50
πολλά,
Morphology
A-APN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
354
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἔλεγεν
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτοῖς
Morphology
P-DPM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
τῇ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
διδαχῇ
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1322
Occurrences
30
αὐτοῦ·
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
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.

ܘܡܠܦ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܡܬܠܐ ܣܓܝ ܘܐܡܪ ܗܘܐ ܒܝܘܠܦܢܗ

8 word entries
ܘܡܠܦ
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
wmlp
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
17
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
ܠܗܘܢ
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
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
830
ܒܡܬܠܐ
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
bmtl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
8
ܣܓܝ
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
ܣܓܝ
Transliteration
sgy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
56
ܘܐܡܪ
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'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
651
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
ܒܝܘܠܦܢܗ
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
bywlpnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
10
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.

et docebat eos in parabolis multa, et dicebat illis in doctrina sua:

12 word entries
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
docebat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
doceo
Transliteration
docebat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
226
eos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
parabolis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
parabolis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
77
multa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
multus
Transliteration
multa
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1032
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
dicebat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicebat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
illis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
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
doctrina
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
doctrina
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
113
sua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
sua
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783

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.

Mark 4:11

and he said, “To you the hidden truth of the kingdom of God has been imparted; but to those who are outside it all teaching takes the form of parables so that –

5 relevance votes

Mark 3:23

So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?

5 relevance votes

Matthew 13:10

Afterward his disciples came to him, and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

3 relevance votes

Psalms 78:2

as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 49:4

I incline my ear to a proverb, on the lyre I will open my riddle.

3 relevance votes

Matthew 13:3

Then he told them many truths in parables. “The sower,” he began, “went out to sow; and,

3 relevance votes

Matthew 7:28

By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.

2 relevance votes

Mark 12:38

In the course of his teaching, Jesus said, “See that you are on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,

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John 18:19

The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

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