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Matthew 2

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2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 2:2. 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 70
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.

λέγοντες, Ποῦ ἐστὶν ὁ τεχθεὶς βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων; Εἴδομεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀστέρα ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ, καὶ ἤλθομεν προσκυνῆσαι αὐτῷ.

20 word entries
λέγοντες
Transliteration
legontev
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
154
Ποῦ
Lemma
pou
Transliteration
pou
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
50
ἐστὶν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
τεχθεὶς
Lemma
tecqeiv
Transliteration
tecqeiv
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5088
Occurrences
1
βασιλεὺς
Transliteration
basileuv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G935
Occurrences
50
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
Ἰουδαίων
Transliteration
ioudaiwn
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
73
Εἴδομεν
Lemma
eidomen
Transliteration
eidomen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
10
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
ἀστέρα
Lemma
astera
Transliteration
astera
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G792
Occurrences
4
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
ἀνατολῇ
Lemma
anatolh
Transliteration
anatolh
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G395
Occurrences
3
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἤλθομεν
Lemma
hlqomen
Transliteration
hlqomen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2064
Occurrences
11
προσκυνῆσαι
Transliteration
proskunhsai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4352
Occurrences
3
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
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.

λέγοντες, ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ τεχθεὶς βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων; εἴδομεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀστέρα ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ καὶ ἤλθομεν προσκυνῆσαι αὐτῷ.

20 word entries
λέγοντες,
Morphology
V-PAP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
ποῦ
Lemma
ποῦ
Morphology
ADV-I
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
44
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
τεχθεὶς
Morphology
V-APP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5088
Occurrences
18
βασιλεὺς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0935
Occurrences
115
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἰουδαίων;
Morphology
A-GPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
192
εἴδομεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-1P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
683
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
αὐτοῦ
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀστέρα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0792
Occurrences
24
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
ἀνατολῇ
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0395
Occurrences
10
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἤλθομεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-1P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2064
Occurrences
626
προσκυνῆσαι
Morphology
V-AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4352
Occurrences
59
αὐτῷ.
Morphology
P-DSM
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.

ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܐܝܟܘ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ ܕܐܬܝܠܕ ܚܙܝܢ ܓܝܪ ܟܘܟܒܗ ܒܡܕܢܚܐ ܘܐܬܝܢ ܠܡܣܓܕ ܠܗ

12 word entries
ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
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'mryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
196
ܐܝܟܘ
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
'ykw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
10
ܡܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
84
ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ
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
dyhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
58
ܕܐܬܝܠܕ
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'tyld
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܚܙܝܢ
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
hzyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
27
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
ܟܘܟܒܗ
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
kwkbh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܒܡܕܢܚܐ
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
bmdnh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
2
ܘܐܬܝܢ
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'tyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
20
ܠܡܣܓܕ
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
lmsgd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
5
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
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.

dicentes: Ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum? vidimus enim stellam ejus in oriente, et venimus adorare eum.

18 word entries
dicentes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicentes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ubi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ubi
Transliteration
ubi
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
354
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
natus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nascor
Transliteration
natus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
189
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
rex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
rex
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
Iudaeorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaei
Transliteration
Iudaeorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
362
vidimus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
vidimus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
stellam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stella
Transliteration
stellam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
59
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
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
oriente
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Oriens
Transliteration
oriente
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
23
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
venimus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venimus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
adorare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
adoro
Transliteration
adorare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
264
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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Revelation 22:16

‘I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear testimony to you about these things before the churches. I am the Scion and the Offspring of David, the bright star of the Morning.’

22 relevance votes

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, daughter of Jerusalem! Look, your king comes to you. Vindicated and victorious is he, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

12 relevance votes

John 18:37

“So you are a king after all!” exclaimed Pilate. “Yes, it is true I am a king,” answered Jesus. “I was born for this, I have come into the world for this – to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice.”

8 relevance votes

Hebrews 1:6

And again, when God brought the firstborn into the world, he said – ‘Let all the angels of God bow down before him.’

7 relevance votes

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“This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.”

4 relevance votes

Luke 23:38

Above him were the words – ‘THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.’

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“Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked him. “It is true,” replied Jesus.

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so that everyone may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.

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