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Colossians 2

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20 Wherefore, if ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 2:20. 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 63
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.

Εἰ οὖν ἀπεθάνετε σὺν τῷ Χριστῷ, ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε,

17 word entries
Εἰ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
596
οὖν
Lemma
oun
Transliteration
oun
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3767
Occurrences
529
ἀπεθάνετε
Transliteration
apeqanete
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G599
Occurrences
2
σὺν
Lemma
sun
Transliteration
sun
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4862
Occurrences
125
τῷ
Lemma
tw
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Greek: article dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1265
Χριστῷ
Lemma
cristw
Transliteration
cristw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
106
ἀπὸ
Lemma
apo
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G575
Occurrences
503
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
στοιχείων
Transliteration
stoiceiwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4747
Occurrences
1
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
κόσμου
Lemma
kosmou
Transliteration
kosmou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
73
τί
Lemma
ti
Transliteration
ti
Morphology
Greek: interrogative pronoun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
interrogative pronoun
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
458
ὡς
Lemma
wv
Transliteration
wv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
494
ζῶντες
Lemma
zwntev
Transliteration
zwntev
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2198
Occurrences
7
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
κόσμῳ
Lemma
kosmw
Transliteration
kosmw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
37
δογματίζεσθε
Transliteration
dogmatizesqe
Morphology
Greek: verb present passive indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1379
Occurrences
1
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.

εἰ ἀπεθάνετε σὺν Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ δογματίζεσθε,

15 word entries
εἰ
Lemma
εἰ
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
491
ἀπεθάνετε
Morphology
V-2AAI-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0599
Occurrences
112
σὺν
Lemma
σύν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G4862
Occurrences
129
Χριστῷ
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5547
Occurrences
530
ἀπὸ
Lemma
ἀπό
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G0575
Occurrences
638
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
στοιχείων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4747
Occurrences
7
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κόσμου,
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
τί
Lemma
τίς
Morphology
I-ASN
Part of Speech
I
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
533
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
ζῶντες
Lemma
ζάω
Morphology
V-PAP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2198
Occurrences
140
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
κόσμῳ
Morphology
N-DSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
δογματίζεσθε,
Morphology
V-PPI-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1379
Occurrences
1
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.

ܐܢ ܓܝܪ ܡܝܬܬܘܢ ܥܡ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܢ ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܠܡܢܐ ܐܝܟ ܗܘ ܕܚܝܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܒܥܠܡܐ ܡܬܕܝܢܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ

16 word entries
ܐܢ
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
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
417
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
ܡܝܬܬܘܢ
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
myttwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
3
ܥܡ
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
ܥܡ
Transliteration
'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
250
ܡܫܝܚܐ
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
mshyh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
404
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
ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ
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
'stwkswhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܕܥܠܡܐ
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'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
73
ܠܡܢܐ
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
lmn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
45
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
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
1648
ܕܚܝܝܢ
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
dhyyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
780
ܒܥܠܡܐ
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
b'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
30
ܡܬܕܝܢܝܢ
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
mtdynyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
3
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
780
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.

Si ergo mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis hujus mundi: quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis?

15 word entries
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
mortui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mortuus
Transliteration
mortui
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
240
estis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
estis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5272
Christo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Christo
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
541
ab
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
ab
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
elementis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
elementis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
9
mundi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
adhuc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
adhuc
Transliteration
adhuc
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
271
tamquam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tamquam
Transliteration
tamquam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
176
viventes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uiuo
Transliteration
viventes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
524
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
mundo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322
decernitis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
decerno
Transliteration
decernitis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
31

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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.

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest any man make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

15 relevance votes

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Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

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Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy-day, or or the new-moon, or of the sabbaths:

12 relevance votes

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Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

12 relevance votes

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And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied in them.

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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh:

7 relevance votes

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6 relevance votes

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Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances: to make in himself of two one new man, so making peace;

6 relevance votes

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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

6 relevance votes

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But may it never be that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

6 relevance votes

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