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1 Peter 3

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15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Peter 3:15. 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 96
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.

Κύριον δὲ τὸν Θεὸν ἁγιάσατε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν· ἕτοιμοι δὲ ἀεὶ πρὸς ἀπολογίαν παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι ὑμᾶς λόγον περὶ τῆς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐλπίδος, μετὰ πρᾳΰτητος καὶ φόβου·

28 word entries
Κύριον
Lemma
kurion
Transliteration
kurion
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
68
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
Θεὸν
Lemma
qeon
Transliteration
qeon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
149
ἁγιάσατε
Transliteration
agiasate
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G37
Occurrences
1
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ταῖς
Lemma
taiv
Transliteration
taiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
206
καρδίαις
Transliteration
kardiaiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2588
Occurrences
19
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
ἕτοιμοι
Lemma
etoimoi
Transliteration
etoimoi
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2092
Occurrences
6
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
ἀεὶ
Lemma
aei
Transliteration
aei
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G104
Occurrences
8
πρὸς
Lemma
prov
Transliteration
prov
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
711
ἀπολογίαν
Transliteration
apologian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G627
Occurrences
3
παντὶ
Lemma
panti
Transliteration
panti
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
60
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
αἰτοῦντι
Transliteration
aitounti
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G154
Occurrences
3
ὑμᾶς
Lemma
umav
Transliteration
umav
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
438
λόγον
Lemma
logon
Transliteration
logon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
134
περὶ
Lemma
peri
Transliteration
peri
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4012
Occurrences
331
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ὑμῖν
Lemma
umin
Transliteration
umin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
622
ἐλπίδος
Lemma
elpidov
Transliteration
elpidov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1680
Occurrences
14
μετὰ
Lemma
meta
Transliteration
meta
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G3326
Occurrences
295
πρᾳΰτητος
Transliteration
prauthtov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4240
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
φόβου
Lemma
fobou
Transliteration
fobou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5401
Occurrences
22
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.

κύριον δὲ τὸν Χριστὸν ἁγιάσατε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν, ἕτοιμοι ἀεὶ πρὸς ἀπολογίαν παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι ὑμᾶς λόγον περὶ τῆς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐλπίδος, ἀλλὰ μετὰ πραΰτητος καὶ φόβου,

28 word entries
κύριον
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Χριστὸν
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
530
ἁγιάσατε
Morphology
V-AAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0037
Occurrences
28
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ταῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
καρδίαις
Morphology
N-DPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2588
Occurrences
156
ὑμῶν,
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἕτοιμοι
Morphology
A-NPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2092
Occurrences
17
ἀεὶ
Lemma
ἀεί
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G0104
Occurrences
7
πρὸς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
696
ἀπολογίαν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0627
Occurrences
8
παντὶ
Lemma
πᾶς
Morphology
A-DSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
1224
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
αἰτοῦντι
Morphology
V-PAP-DSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0154
Occurrences
70
ὑμᾶς
Morphology
P-2AP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
λόγον
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
330
περὶ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G4012
Occurrences
335
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ὑμῖν
Morphology
P-2DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἐλπίδος,
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1680
Occurrences
53
ἀλλὰ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G0235
Occurrences
636
μετὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G3326
Occurrences
469
πραΰτητος
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4240
Occurrences
12
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
φόβου,
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5401
Occurrences
48
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.

ܐܠܐ ܩܕܫܘ ܒܠܒܘܬܟܘܢ ܠܡܪܝܐ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܗܘܝܬܘܢ ܡܛܝܒܝܢ ܠܡܦܩ ܒܪܘܚܐ ܠܟܠ ܕܬܒܥ ܠܟܘܢ ܡܠܬܐ ܥܠ ܣܒܪܐ ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ ܒܡܟܝܟܘܬܐ ܘܒܕܚܠܬܐ

18 word entries
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
ܩܕܫܘ
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
qdshw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܒܠܒܘܬܟܘܢ
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
blbwtkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
4
ܠܡܪܝܐ
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
lmry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
19
ܡܫܝܚܐ
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
mshyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
404
ܘܗܘܝܬܘܢ
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
whwytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
29
ܡܛܝܒܝܢ
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
mtybyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
4
ܠܡܦܩ
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
lmpq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
8
ܒܪܘܚܐ
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
brwh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
57
ܠܟܠ
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
ܠܟܠ
Transliteration
lkl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
30
ܕܬܒܥ
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
dtb'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
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
ܡܠܬܐ
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
meltha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
word, matter
Occurrences
143
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
ܣܒܪܐ
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
sbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
32
ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ
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
dhymnwtkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
9
ܒܡܟܝܟܘܬܐ
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
bmkykwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
3
ܘܒܕܚܠܬܐ
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
wbdhlt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
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.

Dominum autem Christum sanctificate in cordibus vestris, parati semper ad satisfactionem omni poscenti vos rationem de ea, quæ in vobis est, spe.

22 word entries
Dominum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
Christum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christum
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541
sanctificate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sanctificate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
242
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
cordibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
cordibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
vestris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestris
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
parati
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
paro
Transliteration
parati
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
152
semper
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
semper
Transliteration
semper
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
180
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7531
satisfactionem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
satisfactionem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2
omni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omni
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
poscenti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
posco
Transliteration
poscenti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
rationem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ratio
Transliteration
rationem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
43
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
ea
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ea
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
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
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
spe
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
spes
Transliteration
spe
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
131

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Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

121 relevance votes

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seeing your pure behavior in fear.

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I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

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in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

21 relevance votes

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to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

19 relevance votes

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Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.

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because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

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but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

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But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

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