Acts
Chapter 21
Verse 39
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39 But Paul said, I am a man who am a Jew of Tarsus, a city of Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee suffer me to speak to the people.

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Word Entries 97
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.

Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Παῦλος, Ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος μέν εἰμι Ἰουδαῖος, Ταρσεὺς τῆς Κιλικίας, οὐκ ἀσήμου πόλεως πολίτης· δέομαι δέ σου, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν λαόν.

25 word entries
Εἶπε
Lemma
eipen
Transliteration
eipen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
644
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Παῦλος
Lemma
paulov
Transliteration
paulov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3972
Occurrences
81
Ἐγὼ
Lemma
egw
Transliteration
egw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
370
ἄνθρωπος
Transliteration
anqrwpov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G444
Occurrences
127
μέν
Lemma
men
Transliteration
men
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3303
Occurrences
193
εἰμι
Lemma
eimi
Transliteration
eimi
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
141
Ἰουδαῖος
Transliteration
ioudaiov
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
13
Ταρσεὺς
Lemma
tarseuv
Transliteration
tarseuv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5018
Occurrences
1
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
Κιλικίας
Transliteration
kilikiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2791
Occurrences
5
οὐκ
Lemma
ouk
Transliteration
ouk
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
840
ἀσήμου
Lemma
ashmou
Transliteration
ashmou
Morphology
Greek: adjective genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G767
Occurrences
1
πόλεως
Lemma
polewv
Transliteration
polewv
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4172
Occurrences
38
πολίτης
Lemma
polithv
Transliteration
polithv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4177
Occurrences
1
δέομαι
Lemma
deomai
Transliteration
deomai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1189
Occurrences
7
δέ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
σου
Lemma
sou
Transliteration
sou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
498
ἐπίτρεψόν
Transliteration
epitreyon
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2010
Occurrences
5
μοι
Lemma
moi
Transliteration
moi
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
240
λαλῆσαι
Lemma
lalhsai
Transliteration
lalhsai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2980
Occurrences
22
πρὸς
Lemma
prov
Transliteration
prov
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
711
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
λαόν
Lemma
laon
Transliteration
laon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2992
Occurrences
44
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.

εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Παῦλος, ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος μέν εἰμι Ἰουδαῖος, Ταρσεύς, τῆς Κιλικίας, οὐκ ἀσήμου πόλεως πολίτης· δέομαι δέ σου, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν λαόν.

25 word entries
εἶπεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
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
Παῦλος,
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3972
Occurrences
158
ἐγὼ
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1NS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
ἄνθρωπος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0444
Occurrences
550
μέν
Lemma
μέν
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3303
Occurrences
177
εἰμι
Morphology
V-PAI-1S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Ἰουδαῖος,
Morphology
A-NSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2453
Occurrences
192
Ταρσεύς,
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5018
Occurrences
2
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Κιλικίας,
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2791
Occurrences
8
οὐκ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
ἀσήμου
Morphology
A-GSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0767
Occurrences
1
πόλεως
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4172
Occurrences
164
πολίτης·
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4177
Occurrences
4
δέομαι
Morphology
V-PNI-1S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1189
Occurrences
22
δέ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
σου,
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
ἐπίτρεψόν
Morphology
V-AAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2010
Occurrences
18
μοι
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1DS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
λαλῆσαι
Morphology
V-AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2980
Occurrences
298
πρὸς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
696
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
λαόν.
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2992
Occurrences
143
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.

ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܦܘܠܘܣ ܐܢܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܐܢܐ ܝܗܘܕܝܐ ܡܢ ܛܪܣܘܣ ܕܩܝܠܝܩܝܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܝܕܝܥܬܐ ܕܒܗ ܝܠܝܕ ܐܢܐ ܒܥܐ ܐܢܐ ܡܢܟ ܐܦܣ ܠܝ ܠܡܡܠܠܘ ܠܥܡܐ

22 word entries
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
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
ܦܘܠܘܣ
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
pwlws
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
110
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
ܓܒܪܐ
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
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
206
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
ܝܗܘܕܝܐ
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
yhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
124
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
ܛܪܣܘܣ
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
trsws
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܕܩܝܠܝܩܝܐ
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
dqylyqy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
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
mdynt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
98
ܝܕܝܥܬܐ
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
ydy't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܕܒܗ
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
ܕܒܗ
Transliteration
dbh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
68
ܝܠܝܕ
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
ylyd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
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
ܒܥܐ
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
ܒܥܐ
Transliteration
b''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
75
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
ܡܢܟ
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
ܡܢܟ
Transliteration
mnk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
28
ܐܦܣ
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
ܐܦܣ
Transliteration
'ps
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
8
ܠܝ
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
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
440
ܠܡܡܠܠܘ
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
lmmllw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
14
ܠܥܡܐ
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'm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
25
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 dixit ad eum Paulus: Ego homo sum quidem Judæus a Tarso Ciliciæ, non ignotæ civitatis municeps. Rogo autem te, permitte mihi loqui ad populum.

25 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
dixit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
Paulus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Paulus
Transliteration
Paulus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
158
ego
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
homo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
homo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
sum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
quidem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quidem
Transliteration
quidem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
283
iudaeus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaeus
Transliteration
iudaeus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
13
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
Tarso
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Tarsus
Transliteration
Tarso
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
4
Ciliciae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Cilicia
Transliteration
Ciliciae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
14
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
ignotae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ignotus
Transliteration
ignotae
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
11
civitatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ciuitas
Transliteration
civitatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1108
municeps
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
municeps
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
rogo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rogo
Transliteration
rogo
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
162
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
te
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
te
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
permitte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
permitte
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
35
mihi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mihi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
loqui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loqui
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
populum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
populus
Transliteration
populum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2030

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.

Acts 22:3

I am verily a man who am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, being zealous towards God, as ye all are this day.

7 relevance votes

Acts 9:11

And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth,

6 relevance votes

Acts 6:9

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia, and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

3 relevance votes

Acts 23:27

This man was taken by the Jews, and would have been killed by them: then I came with a body of soldiers, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

3 relevance votes

Acts 15:41

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

2 relevance votes

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privately? no verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

2 relevance votes

Acts 15:23

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia.

2 relevance votes

Acts 21:37

And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

2 relevance votes

Acts 23:34

And when the governor had read the letter , he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

2 relevance votes

Acts 9:30

Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

2 relevance votes

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

2 relevance votes
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