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Verse 16
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Matthew 5

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16 Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:16. 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 76
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.

Οὕτω λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα, καὶ δοξάσωσι τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

23 word entries
Οὕτω
Lemma
outwv
Transliteration
outwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
213
λαμψάτω
Lemma
lamyatw
Transliteration
lamyatw
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2989
Occurrences
1
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
φῶς
Lemma
fwv
Transliteration
fwv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
47
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
ἔμπροσθεν
Transliteration
emprosqen
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1715
Occurrences
48
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
ἀνθρώπων
Transliteration
anqrwpwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G444
Occurrences
100
ὅπως
Lemma
opwv
Transliteration
opwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3704
Occurrences
56
ἴδωσιν
Lemma
idwsin
Transliteration
idwsin
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active subjunctive plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
9
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
καλὰ
Lemma
kala
Transliteration
kala
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2570
Occurrences
7
ἔργα
Lemma
erga
Transliteration
erga
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
62
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
δοξάσωσι
Transliteration
doxaswsin
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active subjunctive plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1392
Occurrences
2
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
πατέρα
Lemma
patera
Transliteration
patera
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
96
ὑμῶν
Lemma
umwn
Transliteration
umwn
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
587
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
τοῖς
Lemma
toiv
Transliteration
toiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
636
οὐρανοῖς
Transliteration
ouranoiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
40
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.

οὕτως λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα καὶ δοξάσωσιν τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

23 word entries
οὕτως
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
208
λαμψάτω
Morphology
V-AAM-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2989
Occurrences
7
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
φῶς
Lemma
φῶς
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5457
Occurrences
72
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
ἔμπροσθεν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1715
Occurrences
48
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀνθρώπων,
Morphology
N-GPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0444
Occurrences
550
ὅπως
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3704
Occurrences
53
ἴδωσιν
Morphology
V-2AAS-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
683
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
καλὰ
Morphology
A-APN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2570
Occurrences
100
ἔργα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
169
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
δοξάσωσιν
Morphology
V-AAS-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1392
Occurrences
61
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πατέρα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
412
ὑμῶν
Morphology
P-2GP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G5210
Occurrences
1828
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
τοῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
οὐρανοῖς.
Morphology
N-DPM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
275
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.

ܗܟܢܐ ܢܢܗܪ ܢܘܗܪܟܘܢ ܩܕܡ ܒܢܝܢܫܐ ܕܢܚܙܘܢ ܥܒܕܝܟܘܢ ܛܒܐ ܘܢܫܒܚܘܢ ܠܐܒܘܟܘܢ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ

11 word entries
ܗܟܢܐ
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
hkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
220
ܢܢܗܪ
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
nnhr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܢܘܗܪܟܘܢ
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
nwhrkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
ܩܕܡ
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
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
192
ܒܢܝܢܫܐ
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
bnynsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
63
ܕܢܚܙܘܢ
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
dnhzwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
11
ܥܒܕܝܟܘܢ
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
'bdykwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
8
ܛܒܐ
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
ܛܒܐ
Transliteration
tb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
75
ܘܢܫܒܚܘܢ
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
wnshbhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܠܐܒܘܟܘܢ
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'bwkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܕܒܫܡܝܐ
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
dbshmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
41
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.

Sic luceat lux vestra coram hominibus: ut videant opera vestra bona, et glorificent Patrem vestrum, qui in cælis est.

19 word entries
sic
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sic
Transliteration
sic
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
584
luceat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
luceo
Transliteration
luceat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
49
lux
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lux
Transliteration
lux
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
154
vestra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestra
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
coram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
coram
Transliteration
coram
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
710
hominibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
videant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
videant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
vestra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestra
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
bona
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bonus
Transliteration
bona
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
847
opera
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
opera
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
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
glorificent
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
glorificent
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
78
Patrem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
Patrem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
vestrum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestrum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
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
caelis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caelis
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
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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.

1 Peter 2:12

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.

179 relevance votes

Titus 2:7

In all things show yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, show integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

119 relevance votes

John 15:8

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

111 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

77 relevance votes

1 Peter 3:16

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

60 relevance votes

1 Peter 4:14

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

47 relevance votes

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

40 relevance votes

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

40 relevance votes

Titus 3:14

Let our people also learn to maintain good works to meet necessary needs, that they may not be unfruitful.

35 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 9:13

seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all,

33 relevance votes

Hebrews 10:24

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

31 relevance votes

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

30 relevance votes
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