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Matthew 3

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16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

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Panels 4
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.

Καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνέβη εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος· καὶ ἰδού, ἀνεῴχθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ εἶδε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.

28 word entries
Καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
βαπτισθεὶς
Transliteration
baptisqeiv
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G907
Occurrences
3
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Ἰησοῦς
Lemma
ihsouv
Transliteration
ihsouv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
503
ἀνέβη
Lemma
anebh
Transliteration
anebh
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G305
Occurrences
22
εὐθὺς
Lemma
euquv
Transliteration
euquv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G2112
Occurrences
8
ἀπὸ
Lemma
apo
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G575
Occurrences
503
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
ὕδατος
Lemma
udatov
Transliteration
udatov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5204
Occurrences
24
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἰδού
Lemma
idou
Transliteration
idou
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist middle imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
213
ἀνεῴχθησαν
Transliteration
anewcqhsan
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G455
Occurrences
5
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
οἱ
Lemma
oi
Transliteration
oi
Morphology
Greek: article nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1185
οὐρανοί
Lemma
ouranoi
Transliteration
ouranoi
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
7
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
εἶδε
Lemma
eiden
Transliteration
eiden
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
45
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
πνεῦμα
Lemma
pneuma
Transliteration
pneuma
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
161
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
Θεοῦ
Lemma
qeou
Transliteration
qeou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
707
καταβαῖνον
Transliteration
katabainon
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2597
Occurrences
7
ὡσεὶ
Lemma
wsei
Transliteration
wsei
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5616
Occurrences
34
περιστερὰν
Transliteration
peristeran
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4058
Occurrences
4
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἐρχόμενον
Transliteration
ercomenon
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent participle accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2064
Occurrences
16
ἐπ᾿
Lemma
ep
Transliteration
ep
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
144
αὐτόν
Lemma
auton
Transliteration
auton
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
983
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.

βαπτισθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὐθὺς ἀνέβη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνεῴχθησαν οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ εἶδεν πνεῦμα θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν ἐρχόμενον ἐπ’ αὐτόν·

24 word entries
βαπτισθεὶς
Morphology
V-APP-NSM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0907
Occurrences
77
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἰησοῦς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
905
εὐθὺς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G2112
Occurrences
85
ἀνέβη
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0305
Occurrences
82
ἀπὸ
Lemma
ἀπό
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G0575
Occurrences
638
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ὕδατος·
Morphology
N-GSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5204
Occurrences
76
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἰδοὺ
Morphology
V-2AMM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
683
ἀνεῴχθησαν
Morphology
V-API-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0455
Occurrences
77
οἱ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
οὐρανοί,
Morphology
N-NPM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
275
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
εἶδεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
683
πνεῦμα
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
379
θεοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
καταβαῖνον
Morphology
V-PAP-ASN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2597
Occurrences
79
ὡσεὶ
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5616
Occurrences
20
περιστερὰν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4058
Occurrences
10
ἐρχόμενον
Morphology
V-PNP-ASN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2064
Occurrences
626
ἐπ’
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
αὐτόν·
Morphology
P-ASM
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.

ܟܕ ܥܡܕ ܕܝܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܚܕܐ ܣܠܩ ܡܢ ܡܝܐ ܘܐܬܦܬܚܘ ܠܗ ܫܡܝܐ ܘܚܙܐ ܪܘܚܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܚܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܝܘܢܐ ܘܐܬܬ ܥܠܘܗܝ

19 word entries
ܟܕ
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
ܟܕ
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
730
ܥܡܕ
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
ܥܡܕ
Transliteration
'md
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
10
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
ܝܫܘܥ
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
yshw'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
848
ܡܚܕܐ
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
mhd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
27
ܣܠܩ
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
ܣܠܩ
Transliteration
slq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
27
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
ܡܝܐ
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
ܡܝܐ
Transliteration
maya
Morphology
noun, plural form
Gloss
waters
Occurrences
43
ܘܐܬܦܬܚܘ
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'tpthw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
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
ܫܡܝܐ
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
shmaya
Morphology
noun, plural/emphatic
Gloss
heavens, sky
Occurrences
119
ܘܚܙܐ
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
whz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
32
ܪܘܚܐ
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
ruha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
spirit, wind
Occurrences
199
ܕܐܠܗܐ
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'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
586
ܕܢܚܬܐ
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
dnht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
9
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܝܘܢܐ
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'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
10
ܘܐܬܬ
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'tt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
10
ܥܠܘܗܝ
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
'lwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
151
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.

Baptizatus autem Jesus, confestim ascendit de aqua, et ecce aperti sunt ei cæli: et vidit Spiritum Dei descendentem sicut columbam, et venientem super se.

22 word entries
baptizatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
baptizo
Transliteration
baptizatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
77
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
confestim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
confestim
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
40
ascendit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ascendo
Transliteration
ascendit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
671
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
aqua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aqua
Transliteration
aqua
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
692
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
ecce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ecce
Transliteration
ecce
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
1031
aperti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aperio
Transliteration
aperti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
283
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
caeli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caeli
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
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
vidit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
vidit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
Spiritum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Spiritum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
709
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
descendentem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
descendentem
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
385
sicut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sicut
Transliteration
sicut
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1559
columbam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
columba
Transliteration
columbam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
43
venientem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venientem
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
se
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
se
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317

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.

Isaiah 11:2

Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.

21 relevance votes

Mark 1:10

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

18 relevance votes

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

15 relevance votes

Isaiah 61:1

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

10 relevance votes

Acts 7:56

and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

6 relevance votes

Ezekiel 1:1

Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

5 relevance votes

John 3:34

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 59:21

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”

2 relevance votes
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