20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, with her sons, worshiping him , and desiring a certain thing of him.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 20:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Τότε προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς, προσκυνοῦσα καὶ αἰτοῦσά τι παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
Τότε
προσῆλθεν
αὐτῷ
ἡ
μήτηρ
τῶν
υἱῶν
Ζεβεδαίου
μετὰ
τῶν
υἱῶν
αὐτῆς
προσκυνοῦσα
- Lemma
- proskunousa
- Transliteration
- proskunousa
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4352
- Occurrences
- 1
καὶ
αἰτοῦσά
τι
παρ᾿
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Τότε προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς, προσκυνοῦσα καὶ αἰτοῦσά τι παρ’ αὐτοῦ.
προσῆλθεν
- Lemma
- προσέρχομαι
- Morphology
- V-2AAI-3S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G4334
- Occurrences
- 87
ἡ
τῶν
τῶν
καὶ
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.
ܗܝܕܝܢ ܩܪܒܬ ܠܗ ܐܡܗܘܢ ܕܒܢܝ ܙܒܕܝ ܗܝ ܘܒܢܝܗ ܘܣܓܕܬ ܠܗ ܘܫܐܠܐ ܗܘܬ ܠܗ ܡܕܡ
ܗܝܕܝܢ
- 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
- ܗܝܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hydyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 132
ܩܪܒܬ
- 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
- ܩܪܒܬ
- Transliteration
- qrbt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 10
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
ܐܡܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܐܡܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'mhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܒܢܝ
- 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
- ܕܒܢܝ
- Transliteration
- dbny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 22
ܙܒܕܝ
- 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
- ܙܒܕܝ
- Transliteration
- zbdy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
ܗܝ
- 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
- ܗܝ
- Transliteration
- hi
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, feminine singular
- Gloss
- she, it, is
- Occurrences
- 403
ܘܒܢܝܗ
- 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
- ܘܒܢܝܗ
- Transliteration
- wbnyh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܘܣܓܕܬ
- 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
- ܘܣܓܕܬ
- Transliteration
- wsgdt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
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
ܘܫܐܠܐ
- 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
- ܘܫܐܠܐ
- Transliteration
- wsh'l'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܗܘܬ
- 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
- ܗܘܬ
- Transliteration
- hwt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 248
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
ܡܕܡ
- 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
- ܡܕܡ
- Transliteration
- mdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 403
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Tunc accessit ad eum mater filiorum Zebedæi cum filiis suis, adorans et petens aliquid ab eo.
tunc
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tunc
- Transliteration
- tunc
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 409
accessit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accedo
- Transliteration
- accessit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 225
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
mater
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mater
- Transliteration
- mater
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 321
filiorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- filiorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
Zebedaei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Zebedaeus
- Transliteration
- Zebedaei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 12
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5272
filiis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- filiis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
suis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
adorans
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- adoro
- Transliteration
- adorans
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 264
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
petens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- peto
- Transliteration
- petens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 121
aliquid
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aliquis
- Transliteration
- aliquid
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 198
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
eo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
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.
Matthew 4:21
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.
6 relevance votesMatthew 8:2
And behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
5 relevance votesMatthew 27:56
Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
3 relevance votesMatthew 2:11
And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
1 relevance votesMark 15:40
There were also women looking on at a distance, among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger, and of Joses, and Salome;
1 relevance votesMatthew 15:25
Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
0 relevance votesMatthew 14:33
Then they that were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, In truth thou art the son of God.
0 relevance votesMatthew 28:17
And when they saw him, they worshiped him: but some doubted.
0 relevance votes