Matthew
Chapter 5
Verse 39
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Matthew 5

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39 But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:39. 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 83
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.

ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῷ· ἀλλ᾿ ὅστις σε ῥαπίσει ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιάν σου σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην·

22 word entries
ἐγὼ
Lemma
egw
Transliteration
egw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
370
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
λέγω
Lemma
legw
Transliteration
legw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
214
ὑμῖν
Lemma
umin
Transliteration
umin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
622
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
ἀντιστῆναι
Transliteration
antisthnai
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G436
Occurrences
4
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
πονηρῷ
Lemma
ponhrw
Transliteration
ponhrw
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4190
Occurrences
2
ἀλλ᾿
Lemma
all
Transliteration
all
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G235
Occurrences
316
ὅστις
Lemma
ostiv
Transliteration
ostiv
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3748
Occurrences
26
σε
Lemma
se
Transliteration
se
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
197
ῥαπίσει
Lemma
rapisei
Transliteration
rapisei
Morphology
Greek: verb future active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4474
Occurrences
1
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
δεξιάν
Lemma
dexian
Transliteration
dexian
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1188
Occurrences
4
σου
Lemma
sou
Transliteration
sou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
498
σιαγόνα
Lemma
siagona
Transliteration
siagona
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4600
Occurrences
2
στρέψον
Lemma
streyon
Transliteration
streyon
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4762
Occurrences
1
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
ἄλλην
Lemma
allhn
Transliteration
allhn
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G243
Occurrences
10
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.

ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῷ· ἀλλ’ ὅστις σε ῥαπίζει εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην·

21 word entries
ἐγὼ
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1NS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
λέγω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
ὑμῖν
Morphology
P-2DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
ἀντιστῆναι
Morphology
V-2AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0436
Occurrences
14
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πονηρῷ·
Morphology
A-DSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4190
Occurrences
77
ἀλλ’
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G0235
Occurrences
636
ὅστις
Morphology
R-NSM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3748
Occurrences
146
σε
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2AS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
ῥαπίζει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4474
Occurrences
2
εἰς
Lemma
εἰς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1764
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δεξιὰν
Morphology
A-ASF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1188
Occurrences
54
σιαγόνα,
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4600
Occurrences
2
στρέψον
Morphology
V-AAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4762
Occurrences
22
αὐτῷ
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἄλλην·
Morphology
A-ASF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0243
Occurrences
154
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.

ܐܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܠܐ ܬܩܘܡܘܢ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܒܝܫܐ ܐܠܐ ܡܢ ܕܡܚܐ ܠܟ ܥܠ ܦܟܟ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ ܐܦܢܐ ܠܗ ܐܦ ܐܚܪܢܐ

20 word entries
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1361
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
ܐܡܪ
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
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1361
ܠܟܘܢ
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
lkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
676
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
ܬܩܘܡܘܢ
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
tqwmwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
4
ܠܘܩܒܠ
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
lwqbl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
36
ܒܝܫܐ
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
bysh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
55
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
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
ܕܡܚܐ
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
dmh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܠܟ
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
ܠܟ
Transliteration
lk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
269
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
ܦܟܟ
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
ܦܟܟ
Transliteration
pkk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܕܝܡܝܢܐ
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
dymyn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
12
ܐܦܢܐ
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
'pn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
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
ܐܦ
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
ܐܦ
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
544
ܐܚܪܢܐ
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
'hrn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
120
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.

Ego autem dico vobis, non resistere malo: sed si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, præbe illi et alteram:

20 word entries
ego
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
dico
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dico
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
resistere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
resisto
Transliteration
resistere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
89
malo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malus
Transliteration
malo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
671
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
te
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
te
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
percusserit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
percusserit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
576
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
dextera
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dextera
Transliteration
dextera
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
181
maxilla
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maxilla
Transliteration
maxilla
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
20
tua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tua
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
praebe
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praebeo
Transliteration
praebe
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
65
illi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
alteram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alter
Transliteration
alteram
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
319

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See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

25 relevance votes

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not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

22 relevance votes

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Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

18 relevance votes

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“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

12 relevance votes

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Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

11 relevance votes

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Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

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I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

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Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

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They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

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James 5:6

You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

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Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

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