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Colossians 3

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20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 3:20. 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 46
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.

Τὰ τέκνα, ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσι κατὰ πάντα· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ Κυρίῳ.

13 word entries
Τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
τέκνα
Lemma
tekna
Transliteration
tekna
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
63
ὑπακούετε
Transliteration
upakouete
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5219
Occurrences
5
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
γονεῦσι
Transliteration
goneusin
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1118
Occurrences
5
κατὰ
Lemma
kata
Transliteration
kata
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
335
πάντα
Lemma
panta
Transliteration
panta
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
268
τοῦτο
Lemma
touto
Transliteration
touto
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
317
γάρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
εὐάρεστον
Transliteration
euareston
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2101
Occurrences
6
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
Κυρίῳ
Lemma
kuriw
Transliteration
kuriw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
105
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.

τὰ τέκνα, ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσιν κατὰ πάντα, τοῦτο γὰρ εὐάρεστόν ἐστιν ἐν κυρίῳ.

13 word entries
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
τέκνα,
Morphology
N-NPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
99
ὑπακούετε
Morphology
V-PAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5219
Occurrences
21
τοῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
γονεῦσιν
Morphology
N-DPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1118
Occurrences
20
κατὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
471
πάντα,
Lemma
πᾶς
Morphology
A-APN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
1224
τοῦτο
Morphology
D-NSN
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
εὐάρεστόν
Morphology
A-NSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2101
Occurrences
9
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
κυρίῳ.
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
716
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.

ܒܢܝܐ ܐܫܬܡܥܘ ܠܐܒܗܝܟܘܢ ܒܟܠܡܕܡ ܗܟܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܫܦܝܪ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܢ

9 word entries
ܒܢܝܐ
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
bny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
62
ܐܫܬܡܥܘ
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
'shtm'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
6
ܠܐܒܗܝܟܘܢ
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
l'bhykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2
ܒܟܠܡܕܡ
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
bklmdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
16
ܗܟܢܐ
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
hkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
220
ܓܝܪ
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
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1085
ܫܦܝܪ
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
shpyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
45
ܩܕܡ
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
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
192
ܡܪܢ
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
ܡܪܢ
Transliteration
mrn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
106
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.

Filii, obedite parentibus per omnia: hoc enim placitum est in Domino.

11 word entries
filii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filii
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
oboedite
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
obedio
Transliteration
oboedite
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
82
parentibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
parens
Transliteration
parentibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
58
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
omnia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnia
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
placitum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
placeo
Transliteration
placitum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
232
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
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
Domino
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domino
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181

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.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

62 relevance votes

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

13 relevance votes

Matthew 19:19

‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

10 relevance votes

Leviticus 19:3

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

9 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

9 relevance votes

Proverbs 30:17

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

6 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:24

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

4 relevance votes

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says Yahweh of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

4 relevance votes

Colossians 1:10

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

3 relevance votes

Titus 2:9

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,

3 relevance votes
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