Acts
Chapter 4
Verse 7
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Acts 4

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7 When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

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Panels 4
Word Entries 64
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.

Καὶ στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἐπυνθάνοντο, Ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι ἐποιήσατε τοῦτο ὑμεῖς;

17 word entries
Καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
στήσαντες
Transliteration
sthsantev
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2476
Occurrences
2
αὐτοὺς
Lemma
autouv
Transliteration
autouv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
353
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
μέσῳ
Lemma
mesw
Transliteration
mesw
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3319
Occurrences
32
ἐπυνθάνοντο
Transliteration
epunqanonto
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect middle/passive deponent indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4441
Occurrences
2
Ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ποίᾳ
Lemma
poia
Transliteration
poia
Morphology
Greek: interrogative pronoun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
interrogative pronoun
Strong's
G4169
Occurrences
20
δυνάμει
Lemma
dunamei
Transliteration
dunamei
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1411
Occurrences
26
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
1450
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ποίῳ
Lemma
poiw
Transliteration
poiw
Morphology
Greek: interrogative pronoun dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
interrogative pronoun
Strong's
G4169
Occurrences
29
ὀνόματι
Lemma
onomati
Transliteration
onomati
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3686
Occurrences
94
ἐποιήσατε
Transliteration
epoihsate
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4160
Occurrences
10
τοῦτο
Lemma
touto
Transliteration
touto
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
317
ὑμεῖς
Lemma
umeiv
Transliteration
umeiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
242
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.

καὶ στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἐπυνθάνοντο, ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι τοῦτο ἐποιήσατε ὑμεῖς;

17 word entries
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
στήσαντες
Morphology
V-AAP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2476
Occurrences
152
αὐτοὺς
Morphology
P-APM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μέσῳ
Morphology
A-DSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3319
Occurrences
59
ἐπυνθάνοντο,
Morphology
V-INI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4441
Occurrences
11
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ποίᾳ
Morphology
I-DSF
Part of Speech
I
Strong's
G4169
Occurrences
33
δυνάμει
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1411
Occurrences
119
Lemma
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
346
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ποίῳ
Morphology
I-DSN
Part of Speech
I
Strong's
G4169
Occurrences
33
ὀνόματι
Morphology
N-DSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3686
Occurrences
229
τοῦτο
Morphology
D-ASN
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
ἐποιήσατε
Morphology
V-AAI-2P
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To make, do, perform, or produce.
Strong's
G4160
Occurrences
569
ὑμεῖς;
Morphology
P-2NP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
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.

ܘܟܕ ܐܩܝܡܘ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܡܨܥܬܐ ܡܫܐܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܕܒܐܝܢܐ ܚܝܠ ܐܘ ܒܐܝܢܐ ܫܡ ܥܒܕܬܘܢ ܗܕܐ

14 word entries
ܘܟܕ
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
ܘܟܕ
Transliteration
wkd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
429
ܐܩܝܡܘ
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
'qymw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܐܢܘܢ
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
'nwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
462
ܒܡܨܥܬܐ
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
bms't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
10
ܡܫܐܠܝܢ
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
msh'lyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
2
ܗܘܘ
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
ܗܘܘ
Transliteration
hww
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
815
ܠܗܘܢ
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
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
830
ܕܒܐܝܢܐ
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
db'yn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܚܝܠ
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
ܚܝܠ
Transliteration
hyl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
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
ܒܐܝܢܐ
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
b'yn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
16
ܫܡ
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
ܫܡ
Transliteration
shm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܥܒܕܬܘܢ
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
'bdtwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
7
ܗܕܐ
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
ܗܕܐ
Transliteration
hd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
325
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.

Et statuentes eos in medio, interrogabant: In qua virtute, aut in quo nomine fecistis hoc vos?

16 word entries
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
statuentes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
statuo
Transliteration
statuentes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
128
eos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
medio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
medius
Transliteration
medio
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
558
interrogabant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
interrogabant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
200
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
qua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
qua
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
virtute
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uirtus
Transliteration
virtute
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
353
aut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aut
Transliteration
aut
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
509
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
quo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
nomine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nomen
Transliteration
nomine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1130
fecistis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
fecistis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958

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Matthew 21:23

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

10 relevance votes

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3 relevance votes

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2 relevance votes

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