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Romans 4

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 2

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2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Romans 4:2. 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 53
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.

Εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα, ἀλλ᾿ οὐ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.

13 word entries
Εἰ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
596
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
Ἀβραὰμ
Lemma
abraam
Transliteration
abraam
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G11
Occurrences
73
ἐξ
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
254
ἔργων
Lemma
ergwn
Transliteration
ergwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
43
ἐδικαιώθη
Transliteration
edikaiwqh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1344
Occurrences
6
ἔχει
Lemma
ecei
Transliteration
ecei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
101
καύχημα
Lemma
kauchma
Transliteration
kauchma
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2745
Occurrences
10
ἀλλ᾿
Lemma
all
Transliteration
all
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G235
Occurrences
316
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
πρὸς
Lemma
prov
Transliteration
prov
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
711
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
Θεόν
Lemma
qeon
Transliteration
qeon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
149
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.

εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα· ἀλλ’ οὐ πρὸς θεόν.

12 word entries
εἰ
Lemma
εἰ
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
491
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
Ἀβραὰμ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0011
Occurrences
73
ἐξ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
ἔργων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
169
ἐδικαιώθη,
Morphology
V-API-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1344
Occurrences
39
ἔχει
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
καύχημα·
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2745
Occurrences
11
ἀλλ’
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G0235
Occurrences
636
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
πρὸς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
696
θεόν.
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
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.

ܐܠܘ ܓܝܪ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܡܢ ܥܒܕܐ ܐܙܕܕܩ ܗܘܐ ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܫܘܒܗܪܐ ܐܠܐ ܠܐ ܠܘܬ ܐܠܗܐ

15 word entries
ܐܠܘ
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
ܐܠܘ
Transliteration
'lw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
41
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
ܐܒܪܗܡ
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
'brhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
33
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
ܥܒܕܐ
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
'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
132
ܐܙܕܕܩ
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
'zddq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
ܐܝܬ
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
ܐܝܬ
Transliteration
'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
330
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
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
ܫܘܒܗܪܐ
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
shwbhr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
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
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
ܠܘܬ
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
ܠܘܬ
Transliteration
lwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
245
ܐܠܗܐ
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
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
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.

Si enim Abraham ex operibus justificatus est, habet gloriam, sed non apud Deum.

13 word entries
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
Abraham
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Abraham
Transliteration
Abraham
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
214
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
operibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
operibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
iustificatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustificatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
80
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
habet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
gloriam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gloria
Transliteration
gloriam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
475
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
apud
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
apud
Transliteration
apud
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
300
Deum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889

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.

1 Corinthians 1:31

that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

11 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 11:30

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

9 relevance votes

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

8 relevance votes

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

6 relevance votes

Ephesians 2:9

not of works, that no one would boast.

6 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.

5 relevance votes

Genesis 12:18

Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

3 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 5:12

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

3 relevance votes

Romans 15:17

I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

3 relevance votes

Joshua 24:2

Joshua said to all the people, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods.

2 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

2 relevance votes
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