Colossians
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Colossians 3

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21 Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 3:21. 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 38
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.

Οἱ πατέρες, μὴ ἐρεθίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ἀθυμῶσιν.

10 word entries
Οἱ
Lemma
oi
Transliteration
oi
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1185
πατέρες
Lemma
paterev
Transliteration
paterev
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
24
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
ἐρεθίζετε
Transliteration
ereqizete
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2042
Occurrences
1
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
τέκνα
Lemma
tekna
Transliteration
tekna
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
63
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
ἵνα
Lemma
ina
Transliteration
ina
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2443
Occurrences
671
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
ἀθυμῶσιν
Transliteration
aqumwsin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active subjunctive plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G120
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.

οἱ πατέρες, μὴ ἐρεθίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ἀθυμῶσιν.

10 word entries
οἱ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πατέρες,
Morphology
N-NPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
412
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
ἐρεθίζετε
Morphology
V-PAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2042
Occurrences
2
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
τέκνα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
99
ὑμῶν,
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἵνα
Lemma
ἵνα
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G2443
Occurrences
664
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
ἀθυμῶσιν.
Morphology
V-PAS-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0120
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.

ܐܒܗܐ ܠܐ ܬܪܓܙܘܢ ܒܢܝܟܘܢ ܕܠܐ ܢܬܬܥܝܩܘܢ

6 word entries
ܐܒܗܐ
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
'bh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܠܐ
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
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܬܪܓܙܘܢ
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
trgzwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
2
ܒܢܝܟܘܢ
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
bnykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
5
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
720
ܢܬܬܥܝܩܘܢ
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
ntt'yqwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
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.

Patres, nolite ad indignationem provocare filios vestros, ut non pusillo animo fiant.

12 word entries
patres
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
patres
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
nolite
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nolo
Transliteration
nolite
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
620
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7531
indignationem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
indignationem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
102
provocare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
prouoco
Transliteration
provocare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
63
filios
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filios
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
vestros
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestros
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
pusillo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
pusillo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
22
animo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
animus
Transliteration
animo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
fiant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fio
Transliteration
fiant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
449

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.

Ephesians 6:4

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

22 relevance votes

Psalms 103:13

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 3:12

for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

6 relevance votes

1 Thessalonians 2:11

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

3 relevance votes
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