Matthew 16

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⁴ A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and went away.

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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

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Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ· καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ, εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου. Καὶ καταλιπὼν αὐτούς, ἀπῆλθε.

22 word entries

Γενεὰ

Lemma: genea
Transliteration: genea
Morphology: Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: G1074
Occurrences: 16

πονηρὰ

Lemma: ponhra
Transliteration: ponhra
Morphology: Greek: adjective nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech: adjective
Strong's: G4190
Occurrences: 15

καὶ

Lemma: kai
Transliteration: kai
Morphology: Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: G2532
Occurrences: 9284

μοιχαλὶς

Lemma: moicaliv
Transliteration: moicaliv
Morphology: Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: G3428
Occurrences: 3

σημεῖον

Lemma: shmeion
Transliteration: shmeion
Morphology: Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: G4592
Occurrences: 39

ἐπιζητεῖ

Lemma: epizhtei
Transliteration: epizhtei
Morphology: Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech: verb
Strong's: G1934
Occurrences: 7

καὶ

Lemma: kai
Transliteration: kai
Morphology: Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: G2532
Occurrences: 9284

σημεῖον

Lemma: shmeion
Transliteration: shmeion
Morphology: Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: G4592
Occurrences: 39

οὐ

Lemma: ou
Transliteration: ou
Morphology: Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech: particle
Strong's: G3756
Occurrences: 844

δοθήσεται

Lemma: doqhsetai
Transliteration: doqhsetai
Morphology: Greek: verb future passive indicative singular
Part of Speech: verb
Strong's: G1325
Occurrences: 16

αὐτῇ

Lemma: auth
Transliteration: auth
Morphology: Greek: personal pronoun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech: personal pronoun
Strong's: G846
Occurrences: 205

εἰ

Lemma: ei
Transliteration: ei
Morphology: Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech: conditional particle
Strong's: G1487
Occurrences: 596

μὴ

Lemma: mh
Transliteration: mh
Morphology: Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech: particle
Strong's: G3361
Occurrences: 1034

τὸ

Lemma: to
Transliteration: to
Morphology: Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech: article
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 1725

σημεῖον

Lemma: shmeion
Transliteration: shmeion
Morphology: Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: G4592
Occurrences: 39

Ἰωνᾶ

Lemma: iwna
Transliteration: iwna
Morphology: Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: G2495
Occurrences: 12

τοῦ

Lemma: tou
Transliteration: tou
Morphology: Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech: article
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 2611

προφήτου

Lemma: profhtou
Transliteration: profhtou
Morphology: Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: G4396
Occurrences: 30

Καὶ

Lemma: kai
Transliteration: kai
Morphology: Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: G2532
Occurrences: 9284

καταλιπὼν

Lemma: katalipwn
Transliteration: katalipwn
Morphology: Greek: verb second aorist active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech: verb
Strong's: G2641
Occurrences: 5

αὐτούς

Lemma: autouv
Transliteration: autouv
Morphology: Greek: personal pronoun accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech: personal pronoun
Strong's: G846
Occurrences: 353

ἀπῆλθε

Lemma: aphlqen
Transliteration: aphlqen
Morphology: Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech: verb
Strong's: G565
Occurrences: 43

Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

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γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ. καὶ καταλιπὼν αὐτοὺς ἀπῆλθεν.

20 word entries

γενεὰ

Lemma: γενεά
Morphology: N-NSF
Part of Speech: N
Strong's: G1074
Occurrences: 43

πονηρὰ

Lemma: πονηρός
Morphology: A-NSF
Part of Speech: A
Strong's: G4190
Occurrences: 77

καὶ

Lemma: καί
Morphology: CONJ
Part of Speech: conjunction
Definition: Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's: G2532
Occurrences: 8969

μοιχαλὶς

Lemma: μοιχαλίς
Morphology: N-NSF
Part of Speech: N
Strong's: G3428
Occurrences: 7

σημεῖον

Lemma: σημεῖον
Morphology: N-ASN
Part of Speech: N
Strong's: G4592
Occurrences: 77

ἐπιζητεῖ,

Lemma: ἐπιζητέω
Morphology: V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech: V
Strong's: G1934
Occurrences: 13

καὶ

Lemma: καί
Morphology: CONJ
Part of Speech: conjunction
Definition: Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's: G2532
Occurrences: 8969

σημεῖον

Lemma: σημεῖον
Morphology: N-NSN
Part of Speech: N
Strong's: G4592
Occurrences: 77

οὐ

Lemma: οὐ
Morphology: PRT-N
Part of Speech: PRT
Strong's: G3756
Occurrences: 1626

δοθήσεται

Lemma: δίδωμι
Morphology: V-FPI-3S
Part of Speech: V
Strong's: G1325
Occurrences: 414

αὐτῇ

Lemma: αὐτός
Morphology: P-DSF
Part of Speech: P
Strong's: G0846
Occurrences: 5556

εἰ

Lemma: εἰ
Morphology: COND
Part of Speech: COND
Strong's: G1487
Occurrences: 491

μὴ

Lemma: μή
Morphology: PRT-N
Part of Speech: PRT
Strong's: G3361
Occurrences: 1033

τὸ

Lemma: ὁ
Morphology: T-NSN
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 19763

σημεῖον

Lemma: σημεῖον
Morphology: N-NSN
Part of Speech: N
Strong's: G4592
Occurrences: 77

Ἰωνᾶ.

Lemma: Ἰωνᾶς
Morphology: N-GSM
Part of Speech: N
Strong's: G2495
Occurrences: 9

καὶ

Lemma: καί
Morphology: CONJ
Part of Speech: conjunction
Definition: Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's: G2532
Occurrences: 8969

καταλιπὼν

Lemma: καταλείπω
Morphology: V-2AAP-NSM
Part of Speech: V
Strong's: G2641
Occurrences: 24

αὐτοὺς

Lemma: αὐτός
Morphology: P-APM
Part of Speech: P
Strong's: G0846
Occurrences: 5556

ἀπῆλθεν.

Lemma: ἀπέρχομαι
Morphology: V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech: V
Strong's: G0565
Occurrences: 117

Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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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.

ܫܪܒܬܐ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܘܓܝܪܬܐ ܐܬܐ ܒܥܝܐ ܘܐܬܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܝܗܒܐ ܠܗ ܐܠܐ ܐܬܗ ܕܝܘܢܢ ܢܒܝܐ ܘܫܒܩ ܐܢܘܢ ܘܐܙܠ

16 word entries

ܫܪܒܬܐ

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: ܫܪܒܬܐ
Transliteration: shrbt'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 34

ܒܝܫܬܐ

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: ܒܝܫܬܐ
Transliteration: bysht'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences: 66

ܘܓܝܪܬܐ

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: ܘܓܝܪܬܐ
Transliteration: wgyrt'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 3

ܐܬܐ

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: ܐܬܐ
Transliteration: etha
Morphology: verb root/form
Gloss: came
Occurrences: 243

ܒܥܝܐ

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: ܒܥܝܐ
Transliteration: b'y'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences: 5

ܘܐܬܐ

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: ܘܐܬܐ
Transliteration: w't'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 84

ܠܐ

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: ܠܐ
Transliteration: la
Morphology: negative particle
Gloss: not
Occurrences: 1681

ܡܬܝܗܒܐ

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: ܡܬܝܗܒܐ
Transliteration: mtyhb'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 3

ܠܗ

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: ܠܗ
Transliteration: lh
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences: 1592

ܐܠܐ

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: ܐܠܐ
Transliteration: 'l'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 784

ܐܬܗ

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: ܐܬܗ
Transliteration: 'th
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences: 3

ܕܝܘܢܢ

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: ܕܝܘܢܢ
Transliteration: dywnn
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences: 5

ܢܒܝܐ

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: ܢܒܝܐ
Transliteration: nby'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 92

ܘܫܒܩ

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: ܘܫܒܩ
Transliteration: wshbq
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 10

ܐܢܘܢ

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: ܐܢܘܢ
Transliteration: 'nwn
Morphology: possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences: 462

ܘܐܙܠ

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: ܘܐܙܠ
Transliteration: w'zl
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 55

Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

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Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Faciem ergo cæli dijudicare nostis: signa autem temporum non potestis scire? Generatio mala et adultera signum quærit: et signum non dabitur ei, nisi signum Jonæ prophetæ. Et relictis illis, abiit.

28 word entries

faciem

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: facies
Transliteration: faciem
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 793

ergo

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: ergo
Transliteration: ergo
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 1237

caeli

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: caelum
Transliteration: caeli
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Gloss: heaven
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heaven, sky
Etymology: Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences: 740

diiudicare

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: diiudico
Transliteration: diiudicare
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 13

nostis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: nosco
Transliteration: nostis
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 196

signa

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: signum
Transliteration: signa
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 219

autem

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: autem
Transliteration: autem
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 5069

temporum

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: tempus
Transliteration: temporum
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 761

non

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: non
Transliteration: non
Morphology: GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences: 7320

potestis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: possum
Transliteration: potestis
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 881

generatio

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: generatio
Transliteration: generatio
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 239

mala

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: malus
Transliteration: mala
Morphology: GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences: 671

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

adultera

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: adulter
Transliteration: adultera
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 23

signum

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: signum
Transliteration: signum
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 219

quaerit

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: quaero
Transliteration: quaerit
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 420

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

signum

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: signum
Transliteration: signum
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 219

non

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: non
Transliteration: non
Morphology: GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences: 7320

dabitur

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: do
Transliteration: dabitur
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 2116

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: is
Transliteration: ei
Morphology: GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences: 17810

nisi

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: nisi
Transliteration: nisi
Morphology: GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 265

signum

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: signum
Transliteration: signum
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 219

Ionae

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: Ionas
Transliteration: Ionae
Morphology: GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences: 22

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

relictis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: relinquo
Transliteration: relictis
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 267

illis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: ille
Transliteration: illis
Morphology: GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences: 4947

abiit

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: abeo
Transliteration: abiit
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 404

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