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Chapter 3
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Luke 3

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 2

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2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

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Panels 4
Word Entries 61
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.

ἐπ᾿ ἀρχιερέων Ἄννα καὶ Καϊάφα, ἐγένετο ῥῆμα Θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν τοῦ Ζαχαρίου υἱὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

17 word entries
ἐπ᾿
Lemma
ep
Transliteration
ep
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
144
ἀρχιερέων
Transliteration
arcierewn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G749
Occurrences
12
Ἄννα
Lemma
anna
Transliteration
anna
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G452
Occurrences
2
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
Καϊάφα
Lemma
kaiafa
Transliteration
kaiafa
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2533
Occurrences
4
ἐγένετο
Lemma
egeneto
Transliteration
egeneto
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist middle deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
204
ῥῆμα
Lemma
rhma
Transliteration
rhma
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4487
Occurrences
22
Θεοῦ
Lemma
qeou
Transliteration
qeou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
707
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
Ἰωάννην
Lemma
iwannhn
Transliteration
iwannhn
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2491
Occurrences
38
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
Ζαχαρίου
Transliteration
zacariou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2197
Occurrences
4
υἱὸν
Lemma
uion
Transliteration
uion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
84
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
ἐρήμῳ
Lemma
erhmw
Transliteration
erhmw
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2048
Occurrences
23
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.

ἐπὶ ἀρχιερέως Ἅννα καὶ Καϊάφα, ἐγένετο ῥῆμα θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν Ζαχαρίου υἱὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

16 word entries
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
ἀρχιερέως
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0749
Occurrences
121
Ἅννα
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0452
Occurrences
4
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
Καϊάφα,
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2533
Occurrences
9
ἐγένετο
Morphology
V-2ADI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
667
ῥῆμα
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4487
Occurrences
67
θεοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
Ἰωάννην
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2491
Occurrences
134
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ζαχαρίου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2197
Occurrences
11
υἱὸν
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5207
Occurrences
376
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
ἐρήμῳ.
Morphology
A-DSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2048
Occurrences
48
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.

ܒܪܒܘܬ ܟܗܢܘܬܐ ܕܚܢܢ ܘܕܩܝܦܐ ܗܘܬ ܡܠܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܥܠ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܙܟܪܝܐ ܒܚܘܪܒܐ

12 word entries
ܒܪܒܘܬ
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
brbwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܟܗܢܘܬܐ
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
khnwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܕܚܢܢ
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
dhnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
23
ܘܕܩܝܦܐ
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
wdqyp'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܗܘܬ
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
ܗܘܬ
Transliteration
hwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
248
ܡܠܬܐ
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
meltha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
word, matter
Occurrences
143
ܕܐܠܗܐ
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'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
586
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
909
ܝܘܚܢܢ
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
ywhnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
62
ܒܪ
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
ܒܪ
Transliteration
bar
Morphology
noun, masculine construct singular
Gloss
son
Occurrences
144
ܙܟܪܝܐ
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
zkry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܒܚܘܪܒܐ
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
bhwrb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
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.

sub principibus sacerdotum Anna et Caipha: factum est verbum Domini super Joannem, Zachariæ filium, in deserto.

16 word entries
sub
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sub
Transliteration
sub
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
330
principibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
830
sacerdotum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sacerdotum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
777
Anna
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Anna
Transliteration
Anna
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
16
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
Caiapha
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Caiphas
Transliteration
Caiapha
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
9
factum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
factum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
verbum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verbum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
Iohannem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ioannes
Transliteration
Iohannem
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
149
Zacchariae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Zacchariae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
54
filium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
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
deserto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
deserto
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
196

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.

Acts 4:6

Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

8 relevance votes

Jonah 1:1

Now the LORD’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

7 relevance votes

John 18:24

Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

6 relevance votes

Luke 1:80

The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

6 relevance votes

Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

5 relevance votes

Micah 1:1

The LORD’s word that came to Micah of Morasheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

5 relevance votes

Isaiah 40:3

The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

4 relevance votes

John 1:23

He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

4 relevance votes

Matthew 11:7

As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

4 relevance votes

Zephaniah 1:1

The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

4 relevance votes

Jeremiah 2:1

The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

3 relevance votes

Jeremiah 1:2

The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

2 relevance votes
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