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Chapter 5
Verse 14
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Matthew 5

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14 It is you who are the light of the world. A town that stands on a hill cannot be hidden.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:14. 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 48
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.

Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη·

13 word entries
Ὑμεῖς
Lemma
umeiv
Transliteration
umeiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
242
ἐστε
Lemma
este
Transliteration
este
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
92
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
φῶς
Lemma
fwv
Transliteration
fwv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
47
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
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
δύναται
Lemma
dunatai
Transliteration
dunatai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
73
πόλις
Lemma
poliv
Transliteration
poliv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4172
Occurrences
23
κρυβῆναι
Transliteration
krubhnai
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist passive infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2928
Occurrences
2
ἐπάνω
Lemma
epanw
Transliteration
epanw
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G1883
Occurrences
20
ὄρους
Lemma
orouv
Transliteration
orouv
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3735
Occurrences
12
κειμένη
Lemma
keimenh
Transliteration
keimenh
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent participle nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2749
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.

Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη·

13 word entries
Ὑμεῖς
Morphology
P-2NP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἐστε
Morphology
V-PAI-2P
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
φῶς
Lemma
φῶς
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
72
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
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
δύναται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
πόλις
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4172
Occurrences
164
κρυβῆναι
Morphology
V-2APN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2928
Occurrences
19
ἐπάνω
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G1883
Occurrences
18
ὄρους
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3735
Occurrences
63
κειμένη·
Morphology
V-PNP-NSF
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2749
Occurrences
23
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.

ܐܢܬܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܢܘܗܪܗ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܐ ܕܬܛܫܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܛܘܪܐ ܒܢܝܐ

11 word entries
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
780
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.
Transliteration
'nwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
462
ܢܘܗܪܗ
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
nwhrh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
9
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
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
ܡܫܟܚܐ
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
mshkh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
29
ܕܬܛܫܐ
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
dttsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
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
mdynt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
98
ܕܥܠ
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
ܕܥܠ
Transliteration
d'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
74
ܛܘܪܐ
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
twr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
19
ܒܢܝܐ
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
bny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
62
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.

Vos estis lux mundi. Non potest civitas abscondi supra montem posita,

11 word entries
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
estis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
estis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
lux
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lux
Transliteration
lux
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
154
mundi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
potest
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
potest
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
civitas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ciuitas
Transliteration
civitas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1108
abscondi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
abscondi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
159
supra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
supra
Transliteration
supra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
176
montem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mons
Transliteration
montem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
644
posita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pono
Transliteration
posita
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
894

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so as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent – faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation, in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,

113 relevance votes

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Jesus again addressed the people. “I am the light of the world,” he said. “The person who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

104 relevance votes

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For you all are children of light and children of the day. We have nothing to do with night, or darkness.

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While you still have the light, believe in the light, so that you may be children of light.” After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.

58 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not enter into inconsistent relations with those who reject the faith. For what partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what has light to do with darkness?

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He was the Lamp that was burning and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.

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