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James 2

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5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to James 2:5. 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 92
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.

Ἀκούσατε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί. Οὐχ ὁ Θεὸς ἐξελέξατο τοὺς πτωχοὺς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου πλουσίους ἐν πίστει, καὶ κληρονόμους τῆς βασιλείας ἧς ἐπηγγείλατο τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν;

25 word entries
Ἀκούσατε
Transliteration
akousate
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G191
Occurrences
9
ἀδελφοί
Lemma
adelfoi
Transliteration
adelfoi
Morphology
Greek: noun vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G80
Occurrences
149
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
587
ἀγαπητοί
Transliteration
agaphtoi
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G27
Occurrences
29
Οὐχ
Lemma
ouc
Transliteration
ouc
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
105
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Θεὸς
Lemma
qeov
Transliteration
qeov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
315
ἐξελέξατο
Transliteration
exelexato
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist middle indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1586
Occurrences
10
τοὺς
Lemma
touv
Transliteration
touv
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
732
πτωχοὺς
Lemma
ptwcouv
Transliteration
ptwcouv
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4434
Occurrences
8
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
κόσμου
Lemma
kosmou
Transliteration
kosmou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
73
τούτου
Lemma
toutou
Transliteration
toutou
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
77
πλουσίους
Transliteration
plousiouv
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4145
Occurrences
4
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
πίστει
Lemma
pistei
Transliteration
pistei
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
58
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
κληρονόμους
Transliteration
klhronomouv
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2818
Occurrences
1
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
βασιλείας
Transliteration
basileiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G932
Occurrences
26
ἧς
Lemma
hv
Transliteration
hv
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
55
ἐπηγγείλατο
Transliteration
ephggeilato
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist middle deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1861
Occurrences
5
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
ἀγαπῶσιν
Transliteration
agapwsin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G25
Occurrences
5
αὐτόν
Lemma
auton
Transliteration
auton
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
983
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.

Ἀκούσατε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί. οὐχ ὁ θεὸς ἐξελέξατο τοὺς πτωχοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ πλουσίους ἐν πίστει καὶ κληρονόμους τῆς βασιλείας ἧς ἐπηγγείλατο τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν;

24 word entries
Ἀκούσατε,
Morphology
V-AAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0191
Occurrences
427
ἀδελφοί
Morphology
N-VPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0080
Occurrences
343
μου
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
ἀγαπητοί.
Morphology
A-VPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0027
Occurrences
61
οὐχ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
ἐξελέξατο
Morphology
V-AMI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1586
Occurrences
22
τοὺς
Lemma
Morphology
T-APM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πτωχοὺς
Morphology
A-APM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4434
Occurrences
34
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κόσμῳ
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
πλουσίους
Morphology
A-APM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4145
Occurrences
28
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
πίστει
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
243
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
κληρονόμους
Morphology
N-APM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2818
Occurrences
15
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
βασιλείας
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0932
Occurrences
162
ἧς
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-GSF
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
ἐπηγγείλατο
Morphology
V-ADI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1861
Occurrences
15
τοῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀγαπῶσιν
Morphology
V-PAP-DPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0025
Occurrences
143
αὐτόν;
Morphology
P-ASM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
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.

ܫܡܥܘ ܐܚܝ ܚܒܝܒܐ ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܡܣܟܢܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܕܝܢ ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܓܒܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܗܘܘܢ ܝܪܬܐ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܗܝ ܕܡܠܟ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܪܚܡܝܢ ܠܗ

21 word entries
ܫܡܥܘ
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
shm'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
61
ܐܚܝ
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
ܐܚܝ
Transliteration
'hy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
116
ܚܒܝܒܐ
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
hbyb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
25
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
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
ܠܡܣܟܢܐ
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
lmskn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
16
ܕܥܠܡܐ
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'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
73
ܥܬܝܪܐ
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
'tyr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
22
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
ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
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
bhymnwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
74
ܓܒܐ
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
ܓܒܐ
Transliteration
gb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
10
ܐܠܗܐ
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.
Transliteration
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
ܕܢܗܘܘܢ
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
dnhwwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
39
ܝܪܬܐ
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
yrt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
13
ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ
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
bmlkwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
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
ܕܡܠܟ
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
dmlk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܐܠܗܐ
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.
Transliteration
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
ܠܐܝܠܝܢ
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'ylyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
133
ܕܪܚܡܝܢ
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
drhmyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1592
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.

Audite, fratres mei dilectissimi: nonne Deus elegit pauperes in hoc mundo, divites in fide, et hæredes regni, quod repromisit Deus diligentibus se?

22 word entries
audite
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audite
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
fratres
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frater
Transliteration
fratres
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1060
mei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
mei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
dilectissimi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
dilectissimi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
55
nonne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nonne
Transliteration
nonne
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
208
Deus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
elegit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
eligo
Transliteration
elegit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
325
pauperes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pauper
Transliteration
pauperes
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
231
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
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
mundo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322
divites
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diues
Transliteration
divites
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
101
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
fide
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fides
Transliteration
fide
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
294
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
heredes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
heres
Transliteration
heredes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
31
regni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
regnum
Transliteration
regni
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
499
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
repromisit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
repromisit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
7
Deus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
diligentibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diligo
Transliteration
diligentibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
338
se
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
se
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317

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