Luke
Chapter 23
Verse 38
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Luke 23

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38 An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Luke 23:38. 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.

Ἦν δὲ καὶ ἐπιγραφὴ γεγραμμένη ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ γράμμασιν Ἑλληνικοῖς καὶ Ῥωμαϊκοῖς καὶ Ἑβραϊκοῖς, Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων.

19 word entries
Ἦν
Lemma
hn
Transliteration
hn
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
421
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἐπιγραφὴ
Transliteration
epigrafh
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1923
Occurrences
4
γεγραμμένη
Transliteration
gegrammenh
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive participle nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1125
Occurrences
1
ἐπ᾿
Lemma
ep
Transliteration
ep
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
144
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
γράμμασιν
Transliteration
grammasin
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1121
Occurrences
4
Ἑλληνικοῖς
Transliteration
ellhnikoiv
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1673
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
Ῥωμαϊκοῖς
Transliteration
rwmaikoiv
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4513
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
Ἑβραϊκοῖς
Transliteration
ebraikoiv
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1444
Occurrences
1
Οὗτός
Lemma
outov
Transliteration
outov
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
192
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
βασιλεὺς
Transliteration
basileuv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G935
Occurrences
50
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
Ἰουδαίων
Transliteration
ioudaiwn
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
73
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.

ἦν δὲ καὶ ἐπιγραφὴ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ· ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων οὗτος.

11 word entries
ἦν
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἐπιγραφὴ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1923
Occurrences
5
ἐπ’
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
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
βασιλεὺς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0935
Occurrences
115
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἰουδαίων
Morphology
A-GPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
192
οὗτος.
Morphology
D-NSM
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
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.

ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܦ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܟܬܝܒ ܠܥܠ ܡܢܗ ܝܘܢܐܝܬ ܘܪܗܘܡܐܝܬ ܘܥܒܪܐܝܬ ܗܢܘ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ

14 word entries
ܐܝܬ
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
ܐܝܬ
Transliteration
'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
330
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
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
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
ܟܬܒܐ
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
ktb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
53
ܕܟܬܝܒ
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
dktyb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
50
ܠܥܠ
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
ܠܥܠ
Transliteration
l'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
35
ܡܢܗ
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
ܡܢܗ
Transliteration
mnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
164
ܝܘܢܐܝܬ
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
ywn'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
3
ܘܪܗܘܡܐܝܬ
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
wrhwm'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܘܥܒܪܐܝܬ
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'br'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܗܢܘ
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
ܗܢܘ
Transliteration
hnw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
58
ܡܠܟܐ
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
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
84
ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ
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
dyhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
58
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.

Erat autem et superscriptio scripta super eum litteris græcis, et latinis, et hebraicis: Hic est rex Judæorum.

17 word entries
erat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
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
superscriptio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
superscriptio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
inscripta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inscripta
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
illum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
litteris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
littera
Transliteration
litteris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
46
graecis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Graecus
Transliteration
graecis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
6
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
latinis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Latinus
Transliteration
latinis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1
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
hebraicis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
hebraicis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
3
hic
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hic
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
rex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
rex
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
Iudaeorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaei
Transliteration
Iudaeorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
362

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.

Matthew 27:37

They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

6 relevance votes

Mark 15:26

The superscription of his accusation was written over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

6 relevance votes

Luke 23:3

Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”

3 relevance votes

Mark 15:32

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.

3 relevance votes

Mark 15:18

They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

2 relevance votes

John 19:3

They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.

2 relevance votes

Matthew 27:11

Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”

2 relevance votes
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