Ephesians
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Ephesians 5

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8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ephesians 5:8. 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 56
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.

ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε —

13 word entries
ἦτε
Lemma
hte
Transliteration
hte
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
19
γάρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
ποτε
Lemma
pote
Transliteration
pote
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G4218
Occurrences
48
σκότος
Lemma
skotov
Transliteration
skotov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4655
Occurrences
14
νῦν
Lemma
nun
Transliteration
nun
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3568
Occurrences
143
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
φῶς
Lemma
fwv
Transliteration
fwv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
47
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
Κυρίῳ
Lemma
kuriw
Transliteration
kuriw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2962
Occurrences
105
ὡς
Lemma
wv
Transliteration
wv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
494
τέκνα
Lemma
tekna
Transliteration
tekna
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
63
φωτὸς
Lemma
fwtov
Transliteration
fwtov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
11
περιπατεῖτε
Transliteration
peripateite
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4043
Occurrences
8
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.

ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε,

13 word entries
ἦτε
Morphology
V-IAI-2P
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
γάρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
ποτε
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G4218
Occurrences
29
σκότος,
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4655
Occurrences
31
νῦν
Lemma
νῦν
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3568
Occurrences
145
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
φῶς
Lemma
φῶς
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
72
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
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
τέκνα
Morphology
N-NPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
99
φωτὸς
Lemma
φῶς
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
72
περιπατεῖτε,
Morphology
V-PAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4043
Occurrences
94
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.

ܐܝܬܝܟܘܢ ܗܘܝܬܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܡܢ ܠܘܩܕܡ ܚܫܘܟܐ ܗܫܐ ܕܝܢ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܒܡܪܢ ܐܝܟ ܒܢܝ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܗܟܢܐ ܗܠܟܘ

17 word entries
ܐܝܬܝܟܘܢ
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
'ytykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
6
ܗܘܝܬܘܢ
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
hwytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
123
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
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
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
ܚܫܘܟܐ
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
hshwk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
15
ܗܫܐ
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
ܗܫܐ
Transliteration
hsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
129
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
ܢܘܗܪܐ
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
nwhr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
32
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
780
ܒܡܪܢ
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
bmrn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
48
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܒܢܝ
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
ܒܢܝ
Transliteration
bnay
Morphology
noun, masculine construct plural
Gloss
sons, children of
Occurrences
101
ܢܘܗܪܐ
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
nwhr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
32
ܗܟܝܠ
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
hkyl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
250
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
ܗܠܟܘ
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
hlkw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
7
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.

Eratis enim aliquando tenebræ: nunc autem lux in Domino. Ut filii lucis ambulate:

13 word entries
eratis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
eratis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
aliquando
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aliquando
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
47
tenebrae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
tenebrae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
162
nunc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nunc
Transliteration
nunc
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
620
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
lux
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lux
Transliteration
lux
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
154
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
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
filii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filii
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
lucis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lux
Transliteration
lucis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
154
ambulate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ambulo
Transliteration
ambulate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
412

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 8:12

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

68 relevance votes

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

43 relevance votes

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

32 relevance votes

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

30 relevance votes

Colossians 1:13

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

26 relevance votes

Ephesians 4:18

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

17 relevance votes

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

16 relevance votes

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

13 relevance votes

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

10 relevance votes

Isaiah 2:5

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.

9 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 4:6

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

9 relevance votes

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.

9 relevance votes
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