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Romans 4

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18 Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Romans 4:18. 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 74
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.

Ὃς παρ᾿ ἐλπίδα ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.

21 word entries
Ὃς
Lemma
ov
Transliteration
ov
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
231
παρ᾿
Lemma
par
Transliteration
par
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G3844
Occurrences
61
ἐλπίδα
Lemma
elpida
Transliteration
elpida
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1680
Occurrences
18
ἐπ᾿
Lemma
ep
Transliteration
ep
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
144
ἐλπίδι
Lemma
elpidi
Transliteration
elpidi
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1680
Occurrences
12
ἐπίστευσεν
Transliteration
episteusen
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4100
Occurrences
14
εἰς
Lemma
eiv
Transliteration
eiv
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1876
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
γενέσθαι
Transliteration
genesqai
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist middle deponent infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
38
αὐτὸν
Lemma
auton
Transliteration
auton
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
983
πατέρα
Lemma
patera
Transliteration
patera
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
96
πολλῶν
Lemma
pollwn
Transliteration
pollwn
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
41
ἐθνῶν
Lemma
eqnwn
Transliteration
eqnwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1484
Occurrences
47
κατὰ
Lemma
kata
Transliteration
kata
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
335
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
εἰρημένον
Transliteration
eirhmenon
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive participle accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2046
Occurrences
4
Οὕτως
Lemma
outwv
Transliteration
outwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
213
ἔσται
Lemma
estai
Transliteration
estai
Morphology
Greek: verb future middle deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
120
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
σπέρμα
Lemma
sperma
Transliteration
sperma
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
25
σου
Lemma
sou
Transliteration
sou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
498
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.

ὃς παρ’ ἐλπίδα ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου·

21 word entries
ὃς
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-NSM
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
παρ’
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G3844
Occurrences
191
ἐλπίδα
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1680
Occurrences
53
ἐπ’
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
ἐλπίδι
Morphology
N-DSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1680
Occurrences
53
ἐπίστευσεν
Morphology
V-AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4100
Occurrences
241
εἰς
Lemma
εἰς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1764
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
γενέσθαι
Morphology
V-2ADN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
667
αὐτὸν
Morphology
P-ASM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
πατέρα
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3962
Occurrences
412
πολλῶν
Morphology
A-GPN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
354
ἐθνῶν
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1484
Occurrences
162
κατὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G2596
Occurrences
471
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
εἰρημένον,
Morphology
V-RPP-ASN-ATT
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2046
Occurrences
96
οὕτως
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G3779
Occurrences
208
ἔσται
Morphology
V-FDI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
σπέρμα
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4690
Occurrences
44
σου·
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
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.

ܘܕܠܐ ܣܒܪܐ ܠܣܒܪܐ ܗܝܡܢ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܐܒܐ ܠܣܘܓܐܐ ܕܥܡܡܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܟܬܝܒ ܕܗܟܢܐ ܢܗܘܐ ܙܪܥܟ

13 word entries
ܘܕܠܐ
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
wdl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
37
ܣܒܪܐ
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
sbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
32
ܠܣܒܪܐ
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
lsbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
4
ܗܝܡܢ
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
hymn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
12
ܕܢܗܘܐ
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
dnhw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
60
ܐܒܐ
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
ܐܒܐ
Transliteration
abba
Morphology
noun, emphatic singular
Gloss
father
Occurrences
94
ܠܣܘܓܐܐ
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
lswg''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܕܥܡܡܐ
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'mm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
28
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
ܕܟܬܝܒ
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
dktyb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
50
ܕܗܟܢܐ
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
dhkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
33
ܢܗܘܐ
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
nhw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
198
ܙܪܥܟ
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
zr'k
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.

qui contra spem in spem credidit, ut fieret pater multarum gentium secundum quod dictum est ei: Sic erit semen tuum.

19 word entries
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
contra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
contra
Transliteration
contra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
895
spem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
spes
Transliteration
spem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
131
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
spem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
spes
Transliteration
spem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
131
credidit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
credo
Transliteration
credidit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
369
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
fieret
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fio
Transliteration
fieret
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
449
pater
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
pater
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
multarum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
multus
Transliteration
multarum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1032
gentium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gens
Transliteration
gentium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
873
secundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
secundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
529
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
dictum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dictum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
sic
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sic
Transliteration
sic
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
584
erit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
semen
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
semen
Transliteration
semen
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
287
tuum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tuum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615

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.

Romans 8:24

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

13 relevance votes

Romans 5:5

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

9 relevance votes

Acts 27:25

Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

6 relevance votes

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’

4 relevance votes

Romans 4:17

As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

4 relevance votes

Luke 1:18

Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

3 relevance votes

Romans 4:19

Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

2 relevance votes
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