8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 13:8. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Ἀνθίστατο δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἐλύμας, ὁ μάγος — οὕτω γὰρ μεθερμηνεύεται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ — ζητῶν διαστρέψαι τὸν ἀνθύπατον ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως.
Ἀνθίστατο
δὲ
αὐτοῖς
Ἐλύμας
ὁ
μάγος
οὕτω
γὰρ
μεθερμηνεύεται
- Lemma
- meqermhneuetai
- Transliteration
- meqermhneuetai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present passive indicative singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3177
- Occurrences
- 1
τὸ
ὄνομα
αὐτοῦ
ζητῶν
διαστρέψαι
- Lemma
- diastreyai
- Transliteration
- diastreyai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1294
- Occurrences
- 1
τὸν
ἀνθύπατον
ἀπὸ
τῆς
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
ἀνθίστατο δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἐλύμας ὁ μάγος, οὕτως γὰρ μεθερμηνεύεται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, ζητῶν διαστρέψαι τὸν ἀνθύπατον ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως.
ὁ
μεθερμηνεύεται
- Lemma
- μεθερμηνεύω
- Morphology
- V-PPI-3S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G3177
- Occurrences
- 7
τὸ
τὸν
τῆς
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.
ܩܐܡ ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܠܘܩܒܠܗܘܢ ܗܘ ܗܢܐ ܚܪܫܐ ܒܪܫܘܡܐ ܕܡܬܬܪܓܡ ܫܡܗ ܐܠܘܡܣ ܡܛܠ ܕܨܒܐ ܗܘܐ ܕܢܥܩܡܝܘܗܝ ܠܐܢܬܘܦܛܘܣ ܡܢ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
ܩܐܡ
- 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
- ܩܐܡ
- Transliteration
- q'm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 41
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
ܕܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1830
ܠܘܩܒܠܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܠܘܩܒܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lwqblhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 4
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
ܗܢܐ
- 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
- ܗܢܐ
- Transliteration
- hn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 482
ܚܪܫܐ
- 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
- ܚܪܫܐ
- Transliteration
- hrsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 9
ܒܪܫܘܡܐ
- 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
- ܒܪܫܘܡܐ
- Transliteration
- brshwm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܕܡܬܬܪܓܡ
- 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
- ܕܡܬܬܪܓܡ
- Transliteration
- dmttrgm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܫܡܗ
- 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
- ܫܡܗ
- Transliteration
- shmh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 36
ܐܠܘܡܣ
- 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
- ܐܠܘܡܣ
- Transliteration
- 'lwms
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܡܛܠ
- 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
- ܡܛܠ
- Transliteration
- mtl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 632
ܕܨܒܐ
- 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
- ܕܨܒܐ
- Transliteration
- dsb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 41
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
ܕܢܥܩܡܝܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܕܢܥܩܡܝܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- dn'qmywhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܠܐܢܬܘܦܛܘܣ
- 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
- ܠܐܢܬܘܦܛܘܣ
- Transliteration
- l'ntwptws
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
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
ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- hymnwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 65
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Resistebat autem illis Elymas magus (sic enim interpretatur nomen ejus), quærens avertere proconsulem a fide.
resistebat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- resisto
- Transliteration
- resistebat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 89
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
illis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ille
- Transliteration
- illis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4947
Elymas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Elymas
- Transliteration
- Elymas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1
magus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- magus
- Transliteration
- magus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 13
sic
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sic
- Transliteration
- sic
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 584
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
interpretatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interpretor
- Transliteration
- interpretatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 26
nomen
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nomen
- Transliteration
- nomen
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1130
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
quaerens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quaero
- Transliteration
- quaerens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 420
avertere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- auerto
- Transliteration
- avertere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 138
proconsulem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- proconsul
- Transliteration
- proconsulem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 4
a
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- a
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
fide
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fides
- Transliteration
- fide
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 294
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.
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Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
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He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ ).
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But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
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That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the LORD’s house, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
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