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1 Corinthians 1

World English Bible, Verse 20

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20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Corinthians 1:20. 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 70
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.

Ποῦ σοφός; Ποῦ γραμματεύς; Ποῦ συζητητὴς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου; Οὐχὶ ἐμώρανεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου;

18 word entries
Ποῦ
Lemma
pou
Transliteration
pou
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
50
σοφός
Lemma
sofov
Transliteration
sofov
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4680
Occurrences
6
Ποῦ
Lemma
pou
Transliteration
pou
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
50
γραμματεύς
Transliteration
grammateuv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1122
Occurrences
5
Ποῦ
Lemma
pou
Transliteration
pou
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
50
συζητητὴς
Transliteration
suzhththv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4804
Occurrences
1
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
αἰῶνος
Lemma
aiwnov
Transliteration
aiwnov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G165
Occurrences
25
τούτου
Lemma
toutou
Transliteration
toutou
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
77
Οὐχὶ
Lemma
ouci
Transliteration
ouci
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3780
Occurrences
56
ἐμώρανεν
Transliteration
emwranen
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3471
Occurrences
1
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Θεὸς
Lemma
qeov
Transliteration
qeov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
315
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
σοφίαν
Lemma
sofian
Transliteration
sofian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4678
Occurrences
14
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
κόσμου
Lemma
kosmou
Transliteration
kosmou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
73
τούτου
Lemma
toutou
Transliteration
toutou
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
77
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.

ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γραμματεύς; ποῦ συζητητὴς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου; οὐχὶ ἐμώρανεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου;

17 word entries
ποῦ
Lemma
ποῦ
Morphology
ADV-I
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
44
σοφός;
Morphology
A-NSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4680
Occurrences
20
ποῦ
Lemma
ποῦ
Morphology
ADV-I
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
44
γραμματεύς;
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1122
Occurrences
63
ποῦ
Lemma
ποῦ
Morphology
ADV-I
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4226
Occurrences
44
συζητητὴς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4804
Occurrences
1
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
αἰῶνος
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0165
Occurrences
124
τούτου;
Morphology
D-GSM
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
οὐχὶ
Morphology
PRT-I
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3780
Occurrences
53
ἐμώρανεν
Morphology
V-AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3471
Occurrences
4
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
σοφίαν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4678
Occurrences
51
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κόσμου;
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
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.

ܐܝܟܐ ܗܘ ܚܟܝܡܐ ܐܘ ܐܝܟܐ ܗܘ ܣܦܪܐ ܐܘ ܐܝܟܐ ܗܘ ܕܪܘܫܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ ܠܐ ܗܐ ܐܫܛܝܗ ܐܠܗܐ ܚܟܡܬܗ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ

20 word entries
ܐܝܟܐ
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
'yk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
75
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
ܚܟܝܡܐ
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
hkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
18
ܐܘ
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
ܐܘ
Transliteration
'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
312
ܐܝܟܐ
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
'yk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
75
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
ܣܦܪܐ
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
spr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
49
ܐܘ
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
ܐܘ
Transliteration
'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
312
ܐܝܟܐ
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
'yk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
75
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
ܕܪܘܫܐ
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
drwsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܕܥܠܡܐ
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
d'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
73
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
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
ܗܐ
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
ܗܐ
Transliteration
h'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
172
ܐܫܛܝܗ
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
'shtyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܐܠܗܐ
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.
Transliteration
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
ܚܟܡܬܗ
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
hkmth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܕܥܠܡܐ
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
d'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
73
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
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.

Ubi sapiens? ubi scriba? ubi conquisitor hujus sæculi? Nonne stultam fecit Deus sapientiam hujus mundi?

15 word entries
ubi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ubi
Transliteration
ubi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
354
sapiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapio
Transliteration
sapiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
37
ubi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ubi
Transliteration
ubi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
354
scriba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scriba
Transliteration
scriba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
121
ubi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ubi
Transliteration
ubi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
354
conquisitor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
conquisitor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
huius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
huius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
saeculi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
saeculi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
280
nonne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nonne
Transliteration
nonne
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
208
stultam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stultus
Transliteration
stultam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
129
fecit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
fecit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
Deus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
sapientiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sapientiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
345
huius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
huius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
mundi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322

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.

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

11 relevance votes

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

7 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

7 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

6 relevance votes

Job 12:24

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

4 relevance votes

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

4 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 2:6

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

3 relevance votes

Job 12:20

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

3 relevance votes

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

3 relevance votes

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

3 relevance votes

2 Samuel 15:31

Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

3 relevance votes

2 Samuel 16:23

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the counsel of Ahithophel was like this both with David and with Absalom.

3 relevance votes
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