36 Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 4:36. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Ἰωσῆς δέ, ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Βαρνάβας ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων — ὅ ἐστι, μεθερμηνευόμενον, υἱὸς παρακλήσεως — Λευΐτης, Κύπριος τῷ γένει,
Ἰωσῆς
δέ
ὁ
ἐπικληθεὶς
- Lemma
- epiklhqeiv
- Transliteration
- epiklhqeiv
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist passive participle nominative singular masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1941
- Occurrences
- 2
Βαρνάβας
ὑπὸ
τῶν
ἀποστόλων
ὅ
ἐστι
μεθερμηνευόμενον
- Lemma
- meqermhneuomenon
- Transliteration
- meqermhneuomenon
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present passive participle nominative singular neuter
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3177
- Occurrences
- 6
υἱὸς
παρακλήσεως
- Lemma
- paraklhsewv
- Transliteration
- paraklhsewv
- Morphology
- Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G3874
- Occurrences
- 12
Λευΐτης
Κύπριος
τῷ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Βαρναβᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον υἱὸς παρακλήσεως, Λευείτης, Κύπριος τῷ γένει,
ὁ
ἐπικληθεὶς
- Lemma
- ἐπικαλέομαι
- Morphology
- V-APP-NSM
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1941
- Occurrences
- 30
τῶν
ἐστιν
μεθερμηνευόμενον
- Lemma
- μεθερμηνεύω
- Morphology
- V-PPP-NSN
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G3177
- Occurrences
- 7
παρακλήσεως,
- Lemma
- παράκλησις
- Morphology
- N-GSF
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G3874
- Occurrences
- 29
τῷ
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.
ܝܘܣܦ ܕܝܢ ܗܘ ܕܐܬܟܢܝ ܒܪܢܒܐ ܡܢ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܕܡܬܬܪܓܡ ܒܪܐ ܕܒܘܝܐܐ ܠܘܝܐ ܡܢ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܩܘܦܪܣ
ܝܘܣܦ
- 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
- ܝܘܣܦ
- Transliteration
- ywsp
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 23
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
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
ܕܐܬܟܢܝ
- 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
- ܕܐܬܟܢܝ
- Transliteration
- d'tkny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܒܪܢܒܐ
- 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
- ܒܪܢܒܐ
- Transliteration
- brnb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 11
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
ܫܠܝܚܐ
- 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
- ܫܠܝܚܐ
- Transliteration
- shlyh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 49
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
ܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- bara
- Morphology
- verb/noun form, context-dependent
- Gloss
- created; son
- Occurrences
- 41
ܕܒܘܝܐܐ
- 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
- ܕܒܘܝܐܐ
- Transliteration
- dbwy''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܠܘܝܐ
- 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
- ܠܘܝܐ
- Transliteration
- lwy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 2
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
ܐܬܪܐ
- 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
- ܐܬܪܐ
- Transliteration
- 'tr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 39
ܕܩܘܦܪܣ
- 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
- ܕܩܘܦܪܣ
- Transliteration
- dqwprs
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Joseph autem, qui cognominatus est Barnabas ab Apostolis (quod est interpretatum, Filius consolationis), Levites, Cyprius genere,
Ioseph
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Ioseph
- Transliteration
- Ioseph
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 185
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
cognominatus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cognomino
- Transliteration
- cognominatus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 24
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
Barnabas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Barnabas
- Transliteration
- Barnabas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 28
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
apostolis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- apostolus
- Transliteration
- apostolis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 80
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
interpretatum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interpretor
- Transliteration
- interpretatum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 26
Filius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- Filius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
consolationis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- consolatio
- Transliteration
- consolationis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 26
Levites
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Leuites
- Transliteration
- Levites
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 159
Cyprius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Cyprius
- Transliteration
- Cyprius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 3
genere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- genus
- Transliteration
- genere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 122
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.
Galatians 2:9
and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
5 relevance votesGalatians 2:13
And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
5 relevance votesGalatians 2:1
Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
5 relevance votesActs 15:39
Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,
4 relevance votesActs 15:37
Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.
3 relevance votesActs 21:16
Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.
3 relevance votes1 Corinthians 9:6
Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
3 relevance votesActs 11:30
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
3 relevance votesActs 9:27
But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
2 relevance votesActs 15:2
Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
2 relevance votesActs 15:12
All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.
2 relevance votesMark 3:17
James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
2 relevance votes