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Colossians 1

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18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 1:18. 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 76
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 αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος, τῆς ἐκκλησίας· ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή, πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων·

22 word entries
Καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
αὐτός
Lemma
autov
Transliteration
autov
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
178
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1450
κεφαλὴ
Lemma
kefalh
Transliteration
kefalh
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2776
Occurrences
15
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
σώματος
Lemma
swmatov
Transliteration
swmatov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4983
Occurrences
36
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
ἐκκλησίας
Transliteration
ekklhsiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1577
Occurrences
31
ὅς
Lemma
ov
Transliteration
ov
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
231
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
ἀρχή
Lemma
arch
Transliteration
arch
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G746
Occurrences
11
πρωτότοκος
Transliteration
prwtotokov
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4416
Occurrences
3
ἐκ
Lemma
ek
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
679
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
νεκρῶν
Lemma
nekrwn
Transliteration
nekrwn
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3498
Occurrences
79
ἵνα
Lemma
ina
Transliteration
ina
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2443
Occurrences
671
γένηται
Lemma
genhtai
Transliteration
genhtai
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist middle deponent subjunctive singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
46
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
πᾶσιν
Lemma
pasin
Transliteration
pasin
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
88
αὐτὸς
Lemma
autov
Transliteration
autov
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
178
πρωτεύων
Transliteration
prwteuwn
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4409
Occurrences
1
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 αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος, τῆς ἐκκλησίας· ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή, πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων,

22 word entries
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
αὐτός
Morphology
P-NSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κεφαλὴ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2776
Occurrences
75
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
σώματος,
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4983
Occurrences
141
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐκκλησίας·
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1577
Occurrences
114
ὅς
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-NSM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
ἀρχή,
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0746
Occurrences
56
πρωτότοκος
Morphology
A-NSM-S
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4416
Occurrences
8
ἐκ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
νεκρῶν,
Morphology
A-GPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3498
Occurrences
128
ἵνα
Lemma
ἵνα
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G2443
Occurrences
664
γένηται
Morphology
V-2ADS-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
667
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
πᾶσιν
Lemma
πᾶς
Morphology
A-DPN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
1224
αὐτὸς
Morphology
P-NSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
πρωτεύων,
Morphology
V-PAP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4409
Occurrences
1
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.

ܘܗܘܝܘ ܪܫܐ ܕܦܓܪܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܪܫܐ ܘܒܘܟܪܐ ܕܡܢ ܒܝܬ ܡܝܬܐ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܩܕܡܝ ܒܟܠ

13 word entries
ܘܗܘܝܘ
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
whwyw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܪܫܐ
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
ܪܫܐ
Transliteration
rsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
51
ܕܦܓܪܐ
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
dpgr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
18
ܕܥܕܬܐ
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'dt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
14
ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ
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'ytwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
93
ܪܫܐ
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
ܪܫܐ
Transliteration
rsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
51
ܘܒܘܟܪܐ
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
wbwkr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܕܡܢ
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
ܕܡܢ
Transliteration
dmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
259
ܒܝܬ
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
ܒܝܬ
Transliteration
beth
Morphology
noun, construct form
Gloss
house of
Occurrences
177
ܡܝܬܐ
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
myt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
113
ܕܢܗܘܐ
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
dnhw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
60
ܩܕܡܝ
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
qdmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
14
ܒܟܠ
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
ܒܟܠ
Transliteration
bkl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
70
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 ipse est caput corporis Ecclesiæ, qui est principium, primogenitus ex mortuis: ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens:

19 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
ipse
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ipse
Transliteration
ipse
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2134
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
caput
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caput
Transliteration
caput
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
501
corporis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
corpus
Transliteration
corporis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
228
ecclesiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ecclesiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
163
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
principium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
beginning
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
beginning, origin, foundation, principle
Etymology
From Latin princeps/principium language of firstness, beginning, or foundation.
Occurrences
65
primogenitus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
primogenitus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
136
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
mortuis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mortuus
Transliteration
mortuis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
240
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
sit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
omnibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
ipse
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ipse
Transliteration
ipse
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2134
primatum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
primatum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
5
tenens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
teneo
Transliteration
tenens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
189

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.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

38 relevance votes

Acts 26:23

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

16 relevance votes

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Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

16 relevance votes

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I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

14 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

10 relevance votes

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I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

9 relevance votes

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For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

9 relevance votes

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He said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

6 relevance votes

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For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

5 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

5 relevance votes

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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

5 relevance votes

Revelation 1:18

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

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