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Ephesians 4

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9 Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ephesians 4:9. 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 58
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.

Τὸ δέ, Ἀνέβη, τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη πρῶτον εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς;

17 word entries
Τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
δέ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
Ἀνέβη
Lemma
anebh
Transliteration
anebh
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G305
Occurrences
22
τί
Lemma
ti
Transliteration
ti
Morphology
Greek: interrogative pronoun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
interrogative pronoun
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
458
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
εἰ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
596
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
κατέβη
Lemma
katebh
Transliteration
katebh
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2597
Occurrences
13
πρῶτον
Lemma
prwton
Transliteration
prwton
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4412
Occurrences
68
εἰς
Lemma
eiv
Transliteration
eiv
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1876
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
κατώτερα
Transliteration
katwtera
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2737
Occurrences
1
μέρη
Lemma
merh
Transliteration
merh
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3313
Occurrences
11
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
γῆς
Lemma
ghv
Transliteration
ghv
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1093
Occurrences
134
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.

τὸ δὲ ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς;

16 word entries
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
ἀνέβη
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0305
Occurrences
82
τί
Lemma
τίς
Morphology
I-NSN
Part of Speech
I
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
533
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
εἰ
Lemma
εἰ
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
491
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
κατέβη
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2597
Occurrences
79
εἰς
Lemma
εἰς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1764
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κατώτερα
Morphology
A-APN-C
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2737
Occurrences
1
μέρη
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3313
Occurrences
42
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
γῆς;
Lemma
γῆ
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Earth, ground, or land.
Strong's
G1093
Occurrences
249
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.

ܕܣܠܩ ܕܝܢ ܡܢܐ ܗܝ ܐܠܐ ܐܢ ܕܐܦ ܢܚܬ ܠܘܩܕܡ ܠܬܚܬܝܬܗ ܕܐܪܥܐ

11 word entries
ܕܣܠܩ
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
dslq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
10
ܕܝܢ
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
ܕܝܢ
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1830
ܡܢܐ
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
ܡܢܐ
Transliteration
mn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
257
ܗܝ
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
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
403
ܐܠܐ
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
ܐܠܐ
Transliteration
'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
784
ܐܢ
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
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
417
ܕܐܦ
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
ܕܐܦ
Transliteration
d'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
132
ܢܚܬ
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
ܢܚܬ
Transliteration
nht
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
23
ܠܘܩܕܡ
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
lwqdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
54
ܠܬܚܬܝܬܗ
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
lthtyth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܕܐܪܥܐ
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'r''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
52
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.

Quod autem ascendit, quid est, nisi quia et descendit primum in inferiores partes terræ?

14 word entries
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
15011
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
ascendit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ascendo
Transliteration
ascendit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
671
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
nisi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nisi
Transliteration
nisi
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
265
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
descendit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
descendit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
385
primum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
primum
Transliteration
primum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
77
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
inferiores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inferus
Transliteration
inferiores
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
43
partes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pars
Transliteration
partes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
501
terrae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
terra
Transliteration
terrae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
earth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
earth, land, ground
Etymology
Latin noun behind English terrestrial and terrain.
Occurrences
3087

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.

John 3:13

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

22 relevance votes

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

12 relevance votes

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?

10 relevance votes

John 6:33

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.”

7 relevance votes

Psalms 63:9

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

6 relevance votes

John 6:58

This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

3 relevance votes

Exodus 19:20

Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 139:15

My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

3 relevance votes

John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

3 relevance votes

Hebrews 2:9

But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.

3 relevance votes

John 6:41

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

3 relevance votes