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John 18

World English Bible, Verse 38

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38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.

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Word Entries 93
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.

Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλάτος, Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια; Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπών, πάλιν ἐξῆλθε πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ.

24 word entries
Λέγει
Lemma
legei
Transliteration
legei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
337
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Πιλάτος
Lemma
pilatov
Transliteration
pilatov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4091
Occurrences
39
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
ἀλήθεια
Lemma
alhqeia
Transliteration
alhqeia
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G225
Occurrences
44
Καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τοῦτο
Lemma
touto
Transliteration
touto
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
317
εἰπών
Lemma
eipwn
Transliteration
eipwn
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
35
πάλιν
Lemma
palin
Transliteration
palin
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3825
Occurrences
142
ἐξῆλθε
Lemma
exhlqen
Transliteration
exhlqen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1831
Occurrences
66
πρὸς
Lemma
prov
Transliteration
prov
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
711
τοὺς
Lemma
touv
Transliteration
touv
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
732
Ἰουδαίους
Transliteration
ioudaiouv
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
17
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
λέγει
Lemma
legei
Transliteration
legei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
337
αὐτοῖς
Lemma
autoiv
Transliteration
autoiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
581
Ἐγὼ
Lemma
egw
Transliteration
egw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
370
οὐδεμίαν
Transliteration
oudemian
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
8
αἰτίαν
Lemma
aitian
Transliteration
aitian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G156
Occurrences
16
εὑρίσκω
Lemma
euriskw
Transliteration
euriskw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2147
Occurrences
7
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
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.

λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πειλᾶτος· τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια; καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν πάλιν ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ αἰτίαν.

24 word entries
λέγει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτῷ
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Πειλᾶτος·
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4091
Occurrences
55
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
ἀλήθεια;
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0225
Occurrences
109
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τοῦτο
Morphology
D-ASN
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
εἰπὼν
Morphology
V-2AAP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
πάλιν
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3825
Occurrences
139
ἐξῆλθεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1831
Occurrences
219
πρὸς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
696
τοὺς
Lemma
Morphology
T-APM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἰουδαίους,
Morphology
A-APM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
192
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
λέγει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
αὐτοῖς·
Morphology
P-DPM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ἐγὼ
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1NS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
οὐδεμίαν
Morphology
A-ASF-N
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
233
εὑρίσκω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2147
Occurrences
175
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
αὐτῷ
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
αἰτίαν.
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0156
Occurrences
20
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.

ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܦܝܠܛܘܣ ܡܢܘ ܫܪܪܐ ܘܟܕ ܐܡܪ ܗܕܐ ܢܦܩ ܠܗ ܬܘܒ ܠܘܬ ܝܗܘܕܝܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܐܢܐ ܐܦܠܐ ܚܕܐ ܥܠܬܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܐܢܐ ܒܗ

22 word entries
ܐܡܪ
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
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
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
ܦܝܠܛܘܣ
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
pyltws
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
53
ܡܢܘ
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
ܡܢܘ
Transliteration
mnw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
109
ܫܪܪܐ
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
shrr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
33
ܘܟܕ
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
ܘܟܕ
Transliteration
wkd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
429
ܐܡܪ
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
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
ܗܕܐ
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
ܗܕܐ
Transliteration
hd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
325
ܢܦܩ
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
ܢܦܩ
Transliteration
npq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
62
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
ܬܘܒ
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
ܬܘܒ
Transliteration
twb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
138
ܠܘܬ
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
ܠܘܬ
Transliteration
lwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
245
ܝܗܘܕܝܐ
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
yhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
124
ܘܐܡܪ
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
w'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
651
ܠܗܘܢ
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
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
830
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1361
ܐܦܠܐ
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
'pl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
67
ܚܕܐ
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
ܚܕܐ
Transliteration
hd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
120
ܥܠܬܐ
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
'lt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
22
ܡܫܟܚ
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
mshkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
106
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1361
ܒܗ
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
ܒܗ
Transliteration
bh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
343
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.

Dicit ei Pilatus: Quid est veritas? Et cum hoc dixisset, iterum exivit ad Judæos, et dicit eis: Ego nullam invenio in eo causam.

23 word entries
dicit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
Pilatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Pilatus
Transliteration
Pilatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
55
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
veritas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ueritas
Transliteration
veritas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
269
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
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
dixisset
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixisset
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
iterum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iterum
Transliteration
iterum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
168
exivit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exeo
Transliteration
exivit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
321
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
Iudaeos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaei
Transliteration
Iudaeos
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
362
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
dicit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
eis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
ego
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
nullam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nullus
Transliteration
nullam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
196
invenio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuenio
Transliteration
invenio
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
682
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
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
causam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
causa
Transliteration
causam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
156

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 19:4

Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

7 relevance votes

Luke 23:4

Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

5 relevance votes

John 19:6

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”

5 relevance votes

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

3 relevance votes

Mark 15:14

Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

2 relevance votes

Matthew 27:24

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

2 relevance votes

1 Peter 1:19

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

2 relevance votes
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