7 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 11:7. 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.
Τούτων δὲ πορευομένων, ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ Ἰωάννου, Τί ἐξήλθετε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; Κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον;
Τούτων
δὲ
πορευομένων
- Lemma
- poreuomenwn
- Transliteration
- poreuomenwn
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent participle genitive plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4198
- Occurrences
- 4
ἤρξατο
ὁ
Ἰησοῦς
λέγειν
τοῖς
ὄχλοις
περὶ
Ἰωάννου
Τί
ἐξήλθετε
εἰς
τὴν
ἔρημον
θεάσασθαι
Κάλαμον
ὑπὸ
ἀνέμου
σαλευόμενον
- Lemma
- saleuomenon
- Transliteration
- saleuomenon
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present passive participle accusative singular masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4531
- Occurrences
- 2
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Τούτων δὲ πορευομένων ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ Ἰωάννου· τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον;
ὁ
τοῖς
τὴν
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.
ܟܕ ܕܝܢ ܐܙܠܘ ܫܪܝ ܝܫܘܥ ܠܡܐܡܪ ܠܟܢܫܐ ܥܠ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܢܐ ܢܦܩܬܘܢ ܠܚܘܪܒܐ ܠܡܚܙܐ ܩܢܝܐ ܕܡܢ ܪܘܚܐ ܡܬܬܙܝܥ
ܟܕ
- 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
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 730
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
ܐܙܠܘ
- 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
- ܐܙܠܘ
- Transliteration
- 'zlw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 26
ܫܪܝ
- 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
- ܫܪܝ
- Transliteration
- shry
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 26
ܝܫܘܥ
- 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
- ܝܫܘܥ
- Transliteration
- yshw'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 848
ܠܡܐܡܪ
- 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
- ܠܡܐܡܪ
- Transliteration
- lm'mr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 39
ܠܟܢܫܐ
- 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
- ܠܟܢܫܐ
- Transliteration
- lknsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 37
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 909
ܝܘܚܢܢ
- 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
- ܝܘܚܢܢ
- Transliteration
- ywhnn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 62
ܡܢܐ
- 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
- ܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 257
ܢܦܩܬܘܢ
- 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
- ܢܦܩܬܘܢ
- Transliteration
- npqtwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 9
ܠܚܘܪܒܐ
- 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
- ܠܚܘܪܒܐ
- Transliteration
- lhwrb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܠܡܚܙܐ
- 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
- ܠܡܚܙܐ
- Transliteration
- lmhz'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 13
ܩܢܝܐ
- 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
- ܩܢܝܐ
- Transliteration
- qny'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 6
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
ܪܘܚܐ
- 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
- ܪܘܚܐ
- Transliteration
- ruha
- Morphology
- noun, feminine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- spirit, wind
- Occurrences
- 199
ܡܬܬܙܝܥ
- 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
- ܡܬܬܙܝܥ
- Transliteration
- mttzy'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Illis autem abeuntibus, cœpit Jesus dicere ad turbas de Joanne: Quid existis in desertum videre? arundinem vento agitatam?
illis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ille
- Transliteration
- illis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4947
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
abeuntibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- abeo
- Transliteration
- abeuntibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 404
coepit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- coepio
- Transliteration
- coepit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 262
Iesus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iesus
- Transliteration
- Iesus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 970
dicere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
turbas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- turba
- Transliteration
- turbas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 206
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
Iohanne
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Ioannes
- Transliteration
- Iohanne
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 149
quid
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- quid
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
existis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- exeo
- Transliteration
- existis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 321
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
desertum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- desertum
- Transliteration
- desertum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 196
videre
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- videre
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
harundinem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- arundo
- Transliteration
- harundinem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 11
vento
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uentus
- Transliteration
- vento
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 113
agitatam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- agito
- Transliteration
- agitatam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6
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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But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
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He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
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