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Matthew 3

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9 Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 3:9. 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 91
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 μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, Πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ· λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ.

25 word entries
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
δόξητε
Lemma
doxhte
Transliteration
doxhte
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active subjunctive plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1380
Occurrences
1
λέγειν
Lemma
legein
Transliteration
legein
Morphology
Greek: verb present active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
40
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ἑαυτοῖς
Lemma
eautoiv
Transliteration
eautoiv
Morphology
Greek: reflexive pronoun
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Strong's
G1438
Occurrences
54
Πατέρα
Lemma
patera
Transliteration
patera
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
96
ἔχομεν
Lemma
ecomen
Transliteration
ecomen
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
46
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
Ἀβραάμ
Lemma
abraam
Transliteration
abraam
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G11
Occurrences
73
λέγω
Lemma
legw
Transliteration
legw
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
214
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
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
δύναται
Lemma
dunatai
Transliteration
dunatai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
73
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Θεὸς
Lemma
qeov
Transliteration
qeov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
315
ἐκ
Lemma
ek
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
679
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
λίθων
Lemma
liqwn
Transliteration
liqwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3037
Occurrences
2
τούτων
Lemma
toutwn
Transliteration
toutwn
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
70
ἐγεῖραι
Lemma
egeirai
Transliteration
egeirai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1453
Occurrences
15
τέκνα
Lemma
tekna
Transliteration
tekna
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
63
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
Ἀβραάμ
Lemma
abraam
Transliteration
abraam
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G11
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.

καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ, λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ.

25 word entries
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
δόξητε
Morphology
V-AAS-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1380
Occurrences
62
λέγειν
Morphology
V-PAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ἑαυτοῖς,
Morphology
F-2DPM
Part of Speech
F
Strong's
G1438
Occurrences
316
πατέρα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
412
ἔχομεν
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAI-1P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἀβραάμ,
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0011
Occurrences
73
λέγω
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
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
δύναται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
ἐκ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
λίθων
Morphology
N-GPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3037
Occurrences
59
τούτων
Morphology
D-GPM
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
ἐγεῖραι
Morphology
V-AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1453
Occurrences
143
τέκνα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
99
τῷ
Lemma
Morphology
T-DSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἀβραάμ.
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0011
Occurrences
73
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.

ܘܠܐ ܬܣܒܪܘܢ ܘܬܐܡܪܘܢ ܒܢܦܫܟܘܢ ܕܐܒܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܢ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܕܡܫܟܚ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܠܡܩܡܘ ܒܢܝܐ ܠܐܒܪܗܡ

20 word entries
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
732
ܬܣܒܪܘܢ
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
tsbrwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
4
ܘܬܐܡܪܘܢ
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
wt'mrwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܒܢܦܫܟܘܢ
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
bnpshkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
11
ܕܐܒܐ
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'b'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
21
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
ܠܢ
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
ܠܢ
Transliteration
ln
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
263
ܐܒܪܗܡ
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
'brhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
33
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
ܓܝܪ
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
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1085
ܕܡܫܟܚ
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
dmshkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
14
ܐܠܗܐ
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
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
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
ܗܠܝܢ
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
hlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
451
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
ܠܡܩܡܘ
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
lmqmw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܒܢܝܐ
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
bny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
62
ܠܐܒܪܗܡ
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'brhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
15
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 ne velitis dicere intra vos: Patrem habemus Abraham. Dico enim vobis quoniam potens est Deus de lapidibus istis suscitare filios Abrahæ.

21 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
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1109
velitis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uolo
Transliteration
velitis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
538
dicere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
intra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
intra
Transliteration
intra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
87
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
patrem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
patrem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
habemus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habemus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
Abraham
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Abraham
Transliteration
Abraham
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
214
dico
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dico
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
quoniam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quoniam
Transliteration
quoniam
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1134
potest
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
potest
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
Deus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
lapidibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lapis
Transliteration
lapidibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
330
istis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iste
Transliteration
istis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
877
suscitare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suscito
Transliteration
suscitare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
163
filios
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filios
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
Abrahae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Abraham
Transliteration
Abrahae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
214

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.

Luke 3:8

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

17 relevance votes

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’ ?”

8 relevance votes

Acts 13:26

“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

7 relevance votes

Romans 4:1

What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

7 relevance votes

Luke 16:24

He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

6 relevance votes

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’

5 relevance votes

John 8:53

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”

5 relevance votes

Luke 5:22

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

5 relevance votes

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

5 relevance votes

Luke 19:40

He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”

4 relevance votes

Acts 15:14

Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

4 relevance votes

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

4 relevance votes
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