16 As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 16:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Ἐγένετο δὲ πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς προσευχήν, παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα Πύθωνος ἀπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχε τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς, μαντευομένη.
Ἐγένετο
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
ἡμῶν
εἰς
προσευχήν
παιδίσκην
τινὰ
ἔχουσαν
πνεῦμα
Πύθωνος
ἀπαντῆσαι
ἡμῖν
ἥτις
ἐργασίαν
πολλὴν
παρεῖχε
τοῖς
κυρίοις
αὐτῆς
μαντευομένη
- Lemma
- manteuomenh
- Transliteration
- manteuomenh
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent participle nominative singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3132
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Ἐγένετο δὲ πορευομένων ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν προσευχὴν παιδίσκην τινὰ ἔχουσαν πνεῦμα πύθωνα ὑπαντῆσαι ἡμῖν, ἥτις ἐργασίαν πολλὴν παρεῖχεν τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῆς μαντευομένη.
τὴν
τοῖς
μαντευομένη.
- Lemma
- μαντεύομαι
- Morphology
- V-PNP-NSF
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G3132
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
ܘܗܘܐ ܕܟܕ ܐܙܠܝܢܢ ܠܒܝܬ ܨܠܘܬܐ ܦܓܥܬ ܒܢ ܥܠܝܡܬܐ ܚܕܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܪܘܚܐ ܕܩܨܡܐ ܘܥܒܕܐ ܗܘܬ ܠܡܪܝܗ ܬܐܓܘܪܬܐ ܣܓܝܐܬܐ ܒܩܨܡܐ ܕܩܨܡܐ ܗܘܬ
ܘܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܘܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- whw'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 75
ܕܟܕ
- 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
- ܕܟܕ
- Transliteration
- dkd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 54
ܐܙܠܝܢܢ
- 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
- ܐܙܠܝܢܢ
- Transliteration
- 'zlynn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܠܒܝܬ
- 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
- ܠܒܝܬ
- Transliteration
- lbyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 43
ܨܠܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܨܠܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- slwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 8
ܦܓܥܬ
- 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
- ܦܓܥܬ
- Transliteration
- pg't
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܒܢ
- 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
- ܒܢ
- Transliteration
- bn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 34
ܥܠܝܡܬܐ
- 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
- ܥܠܝܡܬܐ
- Transliteration
- 'lymt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 5
ܚܕܐ
- 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
- ܚܕܐ
- Transliteration
- hd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 120
ܕܐܝܬ
- 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
- ܕܐܝܬ
- Transliteration
- d'yt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 229
ܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
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
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
ܕܩܨܡܐ
- 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
- ܕܩܨܡܐ
- Transliteration
- dqsm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܘܥܒܕܐ
- 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
- ܘܥܒܕܐ
- Transliteration
- w'bd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 9
ܗܘܬ
- 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
- ܗܘܬ
- Transliteration
- hwt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 248
ܠܡܪܝܗ
- 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
- ܠܡܪܝܗ
- Transliteration
- lmryh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܐܓܘܪܬܐ
- 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
- ܬܐܓܘܪܬܐ
- Transliteration
- t'gwrt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 4
ܣܓܝܐܬܐ
- 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
- ܣܓܝܐܬܐ
- Transliteration
- sgy't'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 52
ܒܩܨܡܐ
- 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
- ܒܩܨܡܐ
- Transliteration
- bqsm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܩܨܡܐ
- 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
- ܕܩܨܡܐ
- Transliteration
- dqsm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܗܘܬ
- 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
- ܗܘܬ
- Transliteration
- hwt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 248
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Factum est autem euntibus nobis ad orationem, puellam quamdam habentem spiritum pythonem obviare nobis, quæ quæstum magnum præstabat dominis suis divinando.
factum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- facio
- Transliteration
- factum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 4719
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
euntibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- eo
- Transliteration
- euntibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 698
nobis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nos
- Transliteration
- nobis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1585
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7531
orationem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- oratio
- Transliteration
- orationem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 159
puellam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- puella
- Transliteration
- puellam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 72
quandam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quidam
- Transliteration
- quandam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 306
habentem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- habeo
- Transliteration
- habentem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1641
spiritum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- spiritus
- Transliteration
- spiritum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 709
pythonem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pytho
- Transliteration
- pythonem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 3
obviare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- obuio
- Transliteration
- obviare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 8
nobis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nos
- Transliteration
- nobis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1585
quae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
quaestum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quaestus
- Transliteration
- quaestum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 7
magnum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- magnus
- Transliteration
- magnum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 1017
praestabat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praesto
- Transliteration
- praestabat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 51
dominis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dominus
- Transliteration
- dominis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8181
suis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
divinando
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diuino
- Transliteration
- divinando
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 7
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.
Leviticus 19:31
“‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
11 relevance votesIsaiah 8:19
When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
9 relevance votes1 Samuel 28:7
Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”
7 relevance votes1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of Yahweh’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
7 relevance votes1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
6 relevance votesGalatians 5:20
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6 relevance votesActs 16:18
She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
5 relevance votes1 Samuel 28:3
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.
4 relevance votesActs 16:13
On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
4 relevance votes2 Timothy 3:8
Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
4 relevance votes2 Peter 2:3
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
1 relevance votesActs 19:24
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
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