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Chapter 5
Verse 37
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Matthew 5

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 37

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37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:37. 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 64
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.

Ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν, ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.

17 word entries
Ἔστω
Lemma
estw
Transliteration
estw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
14
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
λόγος
Lemma
logov
Transliteration
logov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
66
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
ναὶ
Lemma
nai
Transliteration
nai
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3483
Occurrences
34
ναί
Lemma
nai
Transliteration
nai
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3483
Occurrences
34
οὒ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
οὔ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
περισσὸν
Transliteration
perisson
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4053
Occurrences
5
τούτων
Lemma
toutwn
Transliteration
toutwn
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
70
ἐκ
Lemma
ek
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
679
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
πονηροῦ
Lemma
ponhrou
Transliteration
ponhrou
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4190
Occurrences
13
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
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.

ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.

17 word entries
ἔστω
Morphology
V-PAM-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
λόγος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
330
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ναὶ
Lemma
ναί
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3483
Occurrences
34
ναί,
Lemma
ναί
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3483
Occurrences
34
οὒ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
οὔ·
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
περισσὸν
Morphology
A-NSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4053
Occurrences
13
τούτων
Morphology
D-GPM
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
ἐκ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πονηροῦ
Morphology
A-GSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4190
Occurrences
77
ἐστιν.
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
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.

ܐܠܐ ܬܗܘܐ ܡܠܬܟܘܢ ܐܝܢ ܐܝܢ ܘܠܐ ܠܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܡܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܒܝܫܐ ܗܘ

14 word entries
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
ܬܗܘܐ
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
thw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
79
ܡܠܬܟܘܢ
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
mltkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
2
ܐܝܢ
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
ܐܝܢ
Transliteration
'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
34
ܐܝܢ
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
ܐܝܢ
Transliteration
'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
34
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
732
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
ܡܕܡ
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
ܡܕܡ
Transliteration
mdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
403
ܕܡܢ
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
ܕܡܢ
Transliteration
dmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
259
ܗܠܝܢ
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
hlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
451
ܝܬܝܪ
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
ytyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
53
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
ܒܝܫܐ
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
bysh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
55
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
1648
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.

Sit autem sermo vester, est, est: non, non: quod autem his abundantius est, a malo est.

16 word entries
sit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
sermo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sermo
Transliteration
sermo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
626
vester
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vester
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quod
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1241
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
his
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
his
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
abundantius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
abundantius
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
22
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
malo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malus
Transliteration
malo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
671
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

49 relevance votes

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

24 relevance votes

Colossians 3:9

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

20 relevance votes

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

15 relevance votes

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

13 relevance votes

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

7 relevance votes

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

6 relevance votes

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

4 relevance votes

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

4 relevance votes

Matthew 6:13

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

4 relevance votes

1 John 2:13

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

2 relevance votes

John 17:15

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

0 relevance votes
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