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Chapter 15
Verse 7
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Luke 15

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7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

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Panels 4
Word Entries 87
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.

Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὕτω χαρὰ ἔσται ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι, ἢ ἐπὶ ἐννενηκονταεννέα δικαίοις, οἵτινες οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσι μετανοίας.

22 word entries
Λέγω
Lemma
legw
Transliteration
legw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
214
ὑμῖν
Lemma
umin
Transliteration
umin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
622
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
οὕτω
Lemma
outwv
Transliteration
outwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
213
χαρὰ
Lemma
cara
Transliteration
cara
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5479
Occurrences
23
ἔσται
Lemma
estai
Transliteration
estai
Morphology
Greek: verb future middle deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
120
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
οὐρανῷ
Lemma
ouranw
Transliteration
ouranw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
39
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
ἑνὶ
Lemma
eni
Transliteration
eni
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
26
ἁμαρτωλῷ
Transliteration
amartwlw
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G268
Occurrences
5
μετανοοῦντι
Transliteration
metanoounti
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3340
Occurrences
2
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
1450
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
ἐννενηκονταεννέα
Transliteration
ennenhkontaennea
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1768
Occurrences
4
δικαίοις
Transliteration
dikaioiv
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1342
Occurrences
1
οἵτινες
Lemma
oitinev
Transliteration
oitinev
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3748
Occurrences
60
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
χρείαν
Lemma
creian
Transliteration
creian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5532
Occurrences
41
ἔχουσι
Lemma
ecousin
Transliteration
ecousin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
36
μετανοίας
Transliteration
metanoiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3341
Occurrences
10
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.

λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὕτως χαρὰ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἔσται ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι ἢ ἐπὶ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα δικαίοις οἵτινες οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν μετανοίας.

23 word entries
λέγω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
ὑμῖν
Morphology
P-2DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
οὕτως
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
208
χαρὰ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5479
Occurrences
59
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
οὐρανῷ
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
275
ἔσται
Morphology
V-FDI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
ἑνὶ
Lemma
εἷς
Morphology
A-DSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1520
Occurrences
336
ἁμαρτωλῷ
Morphology
A-DSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0268
Occurrences
47
μετανοοῦντι
Morphology
V-PAP-DSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3340
Occurrences
34
Lemma
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
346
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
ἐνενήκοντα
Morphology
A-NUI
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1768
Occurrences
4
ἐννέα
Morphology
A-NUI
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1767
Occurrences
5
δικαίοις
Morphology
A-DPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1342
Occurrences
79
οἵτινες
Morphology
R-NPM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3748
Occurrences
146
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
χρείαν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5532
Occurrences
49
ἔχουσιν
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
μετανοίας.
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3341
Occurrences
22
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 ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܗܟܢܐ ܬܗܘܐ ܚܕܘܬܐ ܒܫܡܝܐ ܥܠ ܚܕ ܚܛܝܐ ܕܬܐܒ ܐܘ ܥܠ ܬܫܥܝܢ ܘܬܫܥܐ ܙܕܝܩܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܒܥܝܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܬܝܒܘܬܐ

20 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
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
ܠܟܘܢ
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
lkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
676
ܕܗܟܢܐ
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
dhkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
33
ܬܗܘܐ
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
thw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
79
ܚܕܘܬܐ
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
hdwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
21
ܒܫܡܝܐ
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
bshmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
61
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
909
ܚܕ
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
ܚܕ
Transliteration
hd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
412
ܚܛܝܐ
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
hty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
23
ܕܬܐܒ
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
dt'b
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܐܘ
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
ܐܘ
Transliteration
'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
312
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
909
ܬܫܥܝܢ
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
tsh'yn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
4
ܘܬܫܥܐ
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
wtsh''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
ܙܕܝܩܝܢ
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
zdyqyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
3
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
720
ܡܬܒܥܝܐ
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
mtb'y'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
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
ܬܝܒܘܬܐ
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
tybwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
6
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.

Dico vobis quod ita gaudium erit in cælo super uno peccatore pœnitentiam agente, quam super nonaginta novem justis, qui non indigent pœnitentia.

22 word entries
dico
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dico
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
15011
ita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ita
Transliteration
ita
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
439
gaudium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gaudium
Transliteration
gaudium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
142
erit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
caelo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caelo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
heaven
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
heaven, sky
Etymology
Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences
740
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
uno
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
uno
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
peccatore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
peccatore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
195
paenitentiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
paenitentiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
90
habente
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habente
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
15011
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
nonaginta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
nonaginta
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
24
novem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nouem
Transliteration
novem
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
40
iustis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iustus
Transliteration
iustis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
427
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
indigent
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
indigeo
Transliteration
indigent
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
32
paenitentia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
paenitentia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
90

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Luke 15:10

Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

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I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

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But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

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If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

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There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

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I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

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He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

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