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James 3

World English Bible Updated, Verse 8

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8 but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to James 3:8. 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 49
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.

τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

12 word entries
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
γλῶσσαν
Lemma
glwssan
Transliteration
glwssan
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1100
Occurrences
7
οὐδεὶς
Lemma
oudeiv
Transliteration
oudeiv
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
97
δύναται
Lemma
dunatai
Transliteration
dunatai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
73
ἀνθρώπων
Transliteration
anqrwpwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G444
Occurrences
100
δαμάσαι
Lemma
damasai
Transliteration
damasai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1150
Occurrences
2
ἀκατάσχετον
Transliteration
akatasceton
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G183
Occurrences
1
κακόν
Lemma
kakon
Transliteration
kakon
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2556
Occurrences
25
μεστὴ
Lemma
mesth
Transliteration
mesth
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3324
Occurrences
2
ἰοῦ
Lemma
iou
Transliteration
iou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2447
Occurrences
1
θανατηφόρου
Transliteration
qanathforou
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2287
Occurrences
1
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.

τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

12 word entries
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
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
γλῶσσαν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1100
Occurrences
50
οὐδεὶς
Morphology
A-NSM-N
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
233
δύναται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
ἀνθρώπων
Morphology
N-GPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0444
Occurrences
550
δαμάσαι·
Morphology
V-AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1150
Occurrences
4
ἀκατάστατον
Morphology
A-NSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0182
Occurrences
2
κακόν,
Morphology
A-NSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2556
Occurrences
50
μεστὴ
Morphology
A-NSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3324
Occurrences
9
ἰοῦ
Lemma
ἰός
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2447
Occurrences
3
θανατηφόρου.
Morphology
A-GSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2287
Occurrences
1
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.

ܠܫܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܐܫܟܚ ܕܢܟܒܫܝܘܗܝ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܬܟܣܐ ܡܠܐ ܗܘ ܣܡܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ

14 word entries
ܠܫܢܐ
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
lshn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
6
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
ܐܢܫ
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
ܐܢܫ
Transliteration
'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
323
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
ܐܫܟܚ
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
'shkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
20
ܕܢܟܒܫܝܘܗܝ
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
dnkbshywhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܒܝܫܬܐ
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
bysht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
66
ܗܕܐ
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
ܗܕܐ
Transliteration
hd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
325
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
720
ܡܬܬܟܣܐ
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
mttks'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܡܠܐ
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
ܡܠܐ
Transliteration
ml'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
72
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
ܣܡܐ
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
ܣܡܐ
Transliteration
sm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
6
ܕܡܘܬܐ
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
dmwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
38
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.

linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest: inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.

11 word entries
linguam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lingua
Transliteration
linguam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
219
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
nullus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nullus
Transliteration
nullus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
196
hominum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
domare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
domo
Transliteration
domare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
17
potest
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
potest
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
inquietum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inquietum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
4
malum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malum
Transliteration
malum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
129
plena
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
plenus
Transliteration
plena
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
185
veneno
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenenum
Transliteration
veneno
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
mortifero
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
mortifero
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
5

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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.

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

30 relevance votes

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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

24 relevance votes

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His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

18 relevance votes

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

14 relevance votes

Psalms 57:4

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

13 relevance votes

Psalms 59:7

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

10 relevance votes

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Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

10 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.

7 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

7 relevance votes

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

2 relevance votes