16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
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Daniel 3
World English Bible, Verse 16
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Word Entries
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Greek Brenton Septuagint
Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν Σεδρὰχ, Μισὰχ, Ἀβδεναγὼ, λέγοντες τῷ βασιλεῖ Ναβουχοδονόσορ, οὐ χρείαν ἔχομεν ἡμεῖς περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος τούτου ἀποκριθῆναί σοι.
19 word entries
Καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ἀπεκρίθησαν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἀπεκρίθησαν
- Transliteration
- apekrithesan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- were ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 33
Σεδρὰχ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Σεδρὰχ
- Transliteration
- sedrach
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Σεδρὰχ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 15
Μισὰχ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Μισὰχ
- Transliteration
- misach
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Μισὰχ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 14
Ἀβδεναγὼ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Ἀβδεναγὼ
- Transliteration
- abdenago
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἀβδεναγὼ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 10
λέγοντες
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- λέγω
- Transliteration
- legontes
- Morphology
- present active participle, nominative masculine plural
- Gloss
- saying
- Part of Speech
- verb/participle
- Definition
- To say or speak.
- Occurrences
- 5490
τῷ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
βασιλεῖ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- βασιλεύς
- Transliteration
- basileus
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- king
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- King or ruler.
- Occurrences
- 3067
Ναβουχοδονόσορ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- Ναβουχοδονόσορ
- Transliteration
- Nabouchodonosor
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Nebuchadnezzar.
- Occurrences
- 95
οὐ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- οὐ
- Transliteration
- ou
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Negative particle before rough breathing.
- Occurrences
- 5892
χρείαν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- χρείαν
- Transliteration
- chreian
- Morphology
- aorist 3rd plural verb pattern or accusative feminine noun pattern depending on context
- Gloss
- they ... / ...
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 16
ἔχομεν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Ἔχομεν
- Transliteration
- echomen
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἔχομεν
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 5
ἡμεῖς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐγώ
- Transliteration
- ego
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative first-person singular
- Gloss
- I
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- First-person personal pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 11445
περὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- περί
- Transliteration
- peri
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- about, concerning, around
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition used with genitive or accusative.
- Occurrences
- 752
τοῦ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
ῥήματος
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ῥήματος
- Transliteration
- ematos
- Morphology
- nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 21
τούτου
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- οὗτος
- Transliteration
- houtos
- Morphology
- demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- this one
- Part of Speech
- demonstrative pronoun
- Definition
- This, these.
- Occurrences
- 3767
ἀποκριθῆναί
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- ἀποκριθῆναί
- Transliteration
- apokrithenai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
σοι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- σύ
- Transliteration
- sy
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative second-person singular
- Gloss
- you
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Second-person personal pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 12950
Biblical Aramaic Passages
Aramaic · Biblical Aramaic · Public Domain WLC text; CC BY 4.0 OSHB lemma/morphology
Coverage: Canonical Aramaic passages in Genesis, Jeremiah, Ezra, and Daniel
Original Aramaic passages embedded in the Hebrew Bible, not a full Targum.
עֲנ֗וֹ שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ וְאָמְרִ֖ין לְמַלְכָּ֑א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר לָֽא־חַשְׁחִ֨ין אֲנַ֧חְנָה עַל־דְּנָ֛ה פִּתְגָ֖ם לַהֲתָבוּתָֽךְ׃
15 word entries
עֲנ֗וֹ
וַעֲבֵ֣ד
וְאָמְרִ֖ין
לְמַלְכָּ֑א
נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר
חַשְׁחִ֨ין
פִּתְגָ֖ם
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament
Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܥܢܘ ܫܕܪܟ ܡܝܫܟ ܘܥܒܕܢܓܘ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܠܢܒܘܟܕܢܨܪ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܠܐ ܚܫܚܝܢܢ ܥܠ ܗܕܐ ܡܠܬܐ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܠܡܬܒܘܬܟ
14 word entries
ܥܢܘ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- <NW
- Morphology
- !!<N(J[W
- Occurrences
- 0
ܫܕܪܟ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- CDRK
- Morphology
- CDRK/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܝܫܟ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MJCK
- Morphology
- MJCK/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܥܒܕܢܓܘ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- W<BDNGW
- Morphology
- W-<BDNGW/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- W>MRJN
- Morphology
- W->MR[/JN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܢܒܘܟܕܢܨܪ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LNBWKDNYR
- Morphology
- L-NBWKDNYR/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡ̇ܠܟܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- M^LK>
- Morphology
- MLK/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- L>
- Morphology
- L>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܚܫܚܝܢܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- XCXJNN
- Morphology
- XCX[/J(N-(XNN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܥܠ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- <L
- Morphology
- <L
- Occurrences
- 0
ܗܕܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- HD>
- Morphology
- HD>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܠܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MLT>
- Morphology
- ML(>/T~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܦܬܓܡܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- PTGM>
- Morphology
- PTGM/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܡܬܒܘܬܟ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LMTBWTK
- Morphology
- L-!M!](>]T(WB=[/WT-K
- Occurrences
- 0
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.
Respondentes Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dixerunt regi Nabuchodonosor: Non oportet nos de hac re respondere tibi.
16 word entries
respondentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- respondeo
- Transliteration
- respondentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 851
Sedrac
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sedrac
- Transliteration
- Sedrac
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 7
Misac
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Misac
- Transliteration
- Misac
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 8
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
Abdenago
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Abdenagus
- Transliteration
- Abdenago
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 6
dixerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dixerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
regi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
Nabuchodonosor
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Nabudhodonosor
- Transliteration
- Nabuchodonosor
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 4
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
oportet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- oportet
- Transliteration
- oportet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 121
nos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nos
- Transliteration
- nos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1585
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
hac
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- hic
- Transliteration
- hac
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4646
re
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- res
- Transliteration
- re
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 207
respondere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- respondeo
- Transliteration
- respondere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 851
tibi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tu
- Transliteration
- tibi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4602
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Targum Aramaic
not in current source set
No license-clean Targum panel is currently mapped for this book in the imported public-domain source set.
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.
Daniel 1:7
The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
4 relevance votesDaniel 3:12
There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, and don’t worship the golden image which you have set up.”
3 relevance votes