Matthew
Chapter 16
Verse 18
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18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 16:18. 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 85
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.

Κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω, ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι ᾍδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς.

23 word entries
Κἀγὼ
Lemma
kagw
Transliteration
kagw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G2504
Occurrences
67
δέ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
σοι
Lemma
soi
Transliteration
soi
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
225
λέγω
Lemma
legw
Transliteration
legw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
214
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
σὺ
Lemma
su
Transliteration
su
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
178
εἶ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
596
Πέτρος
Lemma
petrov
Transliteration
petrov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4074
Occurrences
104
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
ταύτῃ
Lemma
tauth
Transliteration
tauth
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
31
τῇ
Lemma
th
Transliteration
th
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
890
πέτρᾳ
Lemma
petra
Transliteration
petra
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4073
Occurrences
4
οἰκοδομήσω
Transliteration
oikodomhsw
Morphology
Greek: verb future active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3618
Occurrences
3
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
587
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
ἐκκλησίαν
Transliteration
ekklhsian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1577
Occurrences
20
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
πύλαι
Lemma
pulai
Transliteration
pulai
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4439
Occurrences
1
ᾍδου
Lemma
adou
Transliteration
adou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G86
Occurrences
6
οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
κατισχύσουσιν
Transliteration
katiscusousin
Morphology
Greek: verb future active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2729
Occurrences
1
αὐτῆς
Lemma
authv
Transliteration
authv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
171
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.

κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς.

23 word entries
κἀγὼ
Morphology
P-1NS-K
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2504
Occurrences
85
δέ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
σοι
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2DS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
λέγω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
σὺ
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2NS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
εἶ
Morphology
V-PAI-2S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Πέτρος,
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4074
Occurrences
154
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
ταύτῃ
Morphology
D-DSF
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
τῇ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πέτρᾳ
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4073
Occurrences
15
οἰκοδομήσω
Morphology
V-FAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3618
Occurrences
41
μου
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐκκλησίαν,
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1577
Occurrences
114
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
πύλαι
Morphology
N-NPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4439
Occurrences
10
ᾅδου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0086
Occurrences
10
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
κατισχύσουσιν
Morphology
V-FAI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2729
Occurrences
3
αὐτῆς.
Morphology
P-GSF
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.

ܐܦ ܐܢܐ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟ ܕܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܟܐܦܐ ܘܥܠ ܗܕܐ ܟܐܦܐ ܐܒܢܝܗ ܠܥܕܬܝ ܘܬܪܥܐ ܕܫܝܘܠ ܠܐ ܢܚܣܢܘܢܗ

17 word entries
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
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
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
ܠܟ
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
ܠܟ
Transliteration
lk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
269
ܕܐܢܬ
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'nt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
27
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
ܟܐܦܐ
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
k'p'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
101
ܘܥܠ
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
ܘܥܠ
Transliteration
w'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
131
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
ܟܐܦܐ
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
k'p'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
101
ܐܒܢܝܗ
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
'bnyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܠܥܕܬܝ
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'dty
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܘܬܪܥܐ
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
wtr''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܕܫܝܘܠ
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
dshywl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
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
ܢܚܣܢܘܢܗ
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
nhsnwnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
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.

Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificabo Ecclesiam meam, et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus eam.

22 word entries
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
ego
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
dico
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dico
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
tibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
tu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tu
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
es
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
es
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
Petrus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Petrus
Transliteration
Petrus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
158
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
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
hanc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hanc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
petram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
petra
Transliteration
petram
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
103
aedificabo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aedificabo
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
449
ecclesiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ecclesiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
163
meam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
meam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
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
portae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
porta
Transliteration
portae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
412
inferi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inferi
Transliteration
inferi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
27
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
praevalebunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praevalebunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
42
adversum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
adversum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
428
eam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

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