Matthew
Chapter 23
Verse 16
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Matthew 23

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16 “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 23:16. 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.

Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοί, οἱ λέγοντες, Ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ ναῷ, οὐδέν ἐστιν· ὃς δ᾿ ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ χρυσῷ τοῦ ναοῦ, ὀφείλει.

24 word entries
Οὐαὶ
Lemma
ouai
Transliteration
ouai
Morphology
Greek: interjection
Part of Speech
interjection
Strong's
G3759
Occurrences
49
ὑμῖν
Lemma
umin
Transliteration
umin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
622
ὁδηγοὶ
Lemma
odhgoi
Transliteration
odhgoi
Morphology
Greek: noun vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3595
Occurrences
3
τυφλοί
Lemma
tufloi
Transliteration
tufloi
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G5185
Occurrences
14
οἱ
Lemma
oi
Transliteration
oi
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1185
λέγοντες
Transliteration
legontev
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
154
Ὃς
Lemma
ov
Transliteration
ov
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
231
ἂν
Lemma
an
Transliteration
an
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G302
Occurrences
191
ὀμόσῃ
Lemma
omosh
Transliteration
omosh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active subjunctive singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3660
Occurrences
4
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
ναῷ
Lemma
naw
Transliteration
naw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3485
Occurrences
9
οὐδέν
Lemma
ouden
Transliteration
ouden
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
89
ἐστιν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
ὃς
Lemma
ov
Transliteration
ov
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
231
δ᾿
Lemma
d
Transliteration
d
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
27
ἂν
Lemma
an
Transliteration
an
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G302
Occurrences
191
ὀμόσῃ
Lemma
omosh
Transliteration
omosh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active subjunctive singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3660
Occurrences
4
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
χρυσῷ
Lemma
crusw
Transliteration
crusw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5557
Occurrences
6
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
ναοῦ
Lemma
naou
Transliteration
naou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3485
Occurrences
12
ὀφείλει
Lemma
ofeilei
Transliteration
ofeilei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3784
Occurrences
11
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.

οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοὶ οἱ λέγοντες· ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ ναῷ, οὐδέν ἐστιν· ὃς δ’ ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ χρυσῷ τοῦ ναοῦ ὀφείλει.

24 word entries
οὐαὶ
Morphology
INJ
Part of Speech
INJ
Strong's
G3759
Occurrences
46
ὑμῖν,
Morphology
P-2DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ὁδηγοὶ
Morphology
N-VPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3595
Occurrences
5
τυφλοὶ
Morphology
A-VPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G5185
Occurrences
50
οἱ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
λέγοντες·
Morphology
V-PAP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
ὃς
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-NSM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
ἂν
Lemma
ἄν
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G0302
Occurrences
165
ὀμόσῃ
Morphology
V-AAS-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3660
Occurrences
26
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
ναῷ,
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3485
Occurrences
45
οὐδέν
Morphology
A-NSN-N
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
233
ἐστιν·
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
ὃς
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-NSM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
δ’
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
ἂν
Lemma
ἄν
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G0302
Occurrences
165
ὀμόσῃ
Morphology
V-AAS-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3660
Occurrences
26
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
χρυσῷ
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5557
Occurrences
12
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ναοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3485
Occurrences
45
ὀφείλει.
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3784
Occurrences
35
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.

ܘܝ ܠܟܘܢ ܢܓܘܕܐ ܣܡܝܐ ܕܐܡܪܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܡܢ ܕܝܡܐ ܒܗܝܟܠܐ ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܕܡ ܡܢ ܕܝܢ ܕܝܡܐ ܒܕܗܒܐ ܕܒܗܝܟܠܐ ܚܐܒ

18 word entries
ܘܝ
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
ܘܝ
Transliteration
wy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
48
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
ܢܓܘܕܐ
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
ngwd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܣܡܝܐ
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
smy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
26
ܕܐܡܪܝܢ
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'mryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
27
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
780
ܕܡܢ
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
ܕܡܢ
Transliteration
dmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
259
ܕܝܡܐ
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
dym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
27
ܒܗܝܟܠܐ
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
bhykl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
39
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
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
ܡܕܡ
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
ܡܕܡ
Transliteration
mdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
403
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
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
ܕܝܡܐ
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
dym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
27
ܒܕܗܒܐ
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
bdhb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
5
ܕܒܗܝܟܠܐ
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
dbhykl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܚܐܒ
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
ܚܐܒ
Transliteration
h'b
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
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.

Væ vobis duces cæci, qui dicitis: Quicumque juraverit per templum, nihil est: qui autem juraverit in auro templi, debet.

19 word entries
vae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uae
Transliteration
vae
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
129
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
duces
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dux
Transliteration
duces
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
245
caeci
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caecus
Transliteration
caeci
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
79
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
dicitis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicitis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
quicumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quicumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
303
iuraverit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iuro
Transliteration
iuraverit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
181
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
templum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
templum
Transliteration
templum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
406
nihil
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nihil
Transliteration
nihil
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
231
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
iuraverit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iuro
Transliteration
iuraverit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
181
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
aurum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aurum
Transliteration
aurum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
314
templi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
templum
Transliteration
templi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
406
debet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
debeo
Transliteration
debet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
148

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