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James 3

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5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to James 3:5. 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 61
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.

Οὕτω καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστί, καὶ μεγαλαυχεῖ. Ἰδού, ὀλίγον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.

15 word entries
Οὕτω
Lemma
outwv
Transliteration
outwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
213
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1450
γλῶσσα
Lemma
glwssa
Transliteration
glwssa
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1100
Occurrences
7
μικρὸν
Lemma
mikron
Transliteration
mikron
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3398
Occurrences
22
μέλος
Lemma
melov
Transliteration
melov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3196
Occurrences
5
ἐστί
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
μεγαλαυχεῖ
Transliteration
megalaucei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3166
Occurrences
1
Ἰδού
Lemma
idou
Transliteration
idou
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist middle imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
213
ὀλίγον
Lemma
oligon
Transliteration
oligon
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3641
Occurrences
14
πῦρ
Lemma
pur
Transliteration
pur
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4442
Occurrences
29
ἡλίκην
Lemma
hlikhn
Transliteration
hlikhn
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2245
Occurrences
1
ὕλην
Lemma
ulhn
Transliteration
ulhn
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5208
Occurrences
1
ἀνάπτει
Lemma
anaptei
Transliteration
anaptei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G381
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.

οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ. ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει·

16 word entries
οὕτως
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
208
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
γλῶσσα
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1100
Occurrences
50
μικρὸν
Morphology
A-NSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3398
Occurrences
42
μέλος
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3196
Occurrences
34
ἐστὶν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
μεγάλα
Morphology
A-APN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3173
Occurrences
244
αὐχεῖ.
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3166
Occurrences
1
ἰδοὺ
Morphology
V-2AMM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
683
ἡλίκον
Morphology
A-NSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2245
Occurrences
3
πῦρ
Lemma
πῦρ
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4442
Occurrences
71
ἡλίκην
Morphology
A-ASF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2245
Occurrences
3
ὕλην
Lemma
ὕλη
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5208
Occurrences
1
ἀνάπτει·
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0381
Occurrences
2
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.

ܗܟܢܐ ܐܦ ܠܫܢܐ ܗܕܡܐ ܗܘ ܙܥܘܪܐ ܘܡܫܬܥܠܐ ܐܦ ܢܘܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ ܥܒܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܡܘܩܕܐ

13 word entries
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
ܐܦ
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
ܐܦ
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
544
ܠܫܢܐ
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
lshn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
6
ܗܕܡܐ
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
hdm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
17
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
1648
ܙܥܘܪܐ
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
z'wr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
25
ܘܡܫܬܥܠܐ
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
wmsht'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܐܦ
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
ܐܦ
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
544
ܢܘܪܐ
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
nwr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
24
ܙܥܘܪܬܐ
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
z'wrt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܥܒܐ
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
ܥܒܐ
Transliteration
'b'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܣܓܝܐܐ
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
sgy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
230
ܡܘܩܕܐ
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
mwqd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
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.

Ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit !

17 word entries
ita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ita
Transliteration
ita
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
439
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
lingua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lingua
Transliteration
lingua
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
219
modicum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
modicus
Transliteration
modicum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
79
quidem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quidem
Transliteration
quidem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
283
membrum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
membrum
Transliteration
membrum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
48
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
magna
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
magna
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
exultat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exsulto
Transliteration
exultat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
112
ecce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ecce
Transliteration
ecce
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
1031
quantus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quantus
Transliteration
quantus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
38
ignis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ignis
Transliteration
ignis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
540
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
magnam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
magnam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
silvam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
silua
Transliteration
silvam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
32
incendit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
incendo
Transliteration
incendit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
60

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.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

34 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

24 relevance votes

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The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.

22 relevance votes

Psalms 17:10

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

15 relevance votes

Jude 1:16

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

8 relevance votes

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”

8 relevance votes

Psalms 10:3

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.

5 relevance votes

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—

4 relevance votes

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

3 relevance votes

Daniel 4:30

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

2 relevance votes

Job 22:17

who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’

2 relevance votes

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’

2 relevance votes