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John 3

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4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to John 3:4. 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 84
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.

Λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Νικόδημος, Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὤν; Μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι;

23 word entries
Λέγει
Lemma
legei
Transliteration
legei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
337
πρὸς
Lemma
prov
Transliteration
prov
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
711
αὐτὸν
Lemma
auton
Transliteration
auton
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
983
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Νικόδημος
Transliteration
nikodhmov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3530
Occurrences
5
Πῶς
Lemma
pwv
Transliteration
pwv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4459
Occurrences
105
δύναται
Lemma
dunatai
Transliteration
dunatai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
73
ἄνθρωπος
Transliteration
anqrwpov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G444
Occurrences
127
γεννηθῆναι
Transliteration
gennhqhnai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1080
Occurrences
3
γέρων
Lemma
gerwn
Transliteration
gerwn
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1088
Occurrences
1
ὤν
Lemma
wn
Transliteration
wn
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
130
Μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
δύναται
Lemma
dunatai
Transliteration
dunatai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
73
εἰς
Lemma
eiv
Transliteration
eiv
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1876
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
κοιλίαν
Lemma
koilian
Transliteration
koilian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2836
Occurrences
5
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
μητρὸς
Lemma
mhtrov
Transliteration
mhtrov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3384
Occurrences
12
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
δεύτερον
Transliteration
deuteron
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G1208
Occurrences
10
εἰσελθεῖν
Transliteration
eiselqein
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1525
Occurrences
37
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
γεννηθῆναι
Transliteration
gennhqhnai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1080
Occurrences
3
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.

λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Νικόδημος· πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὤν; μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναι;

23 word entries
λέγει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
πρὸς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
696
αὐτὸν
Morphology
P-ASM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Νικόδημος·
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3530
Occurrences
5
πῶς
Lemma
πῶς
Morphology
ADV-I
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4459
Occurrences
104
δύναται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
ἄνθρωπος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0444
Occurrences
550
γεννηθῆναι
Morphology
V-APN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1080
Occurrences
97
γέρων
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1088
Occurrences
1
ὤν;
Morphology
V-PAP-NSM
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
δύναται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
εἰς
Lemma
εἰς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1764
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κοιλίαν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2836
Occurrences
23
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μητρὸς
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3384
Occurrences
84
αὐτοῦ
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
δεύτερον
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1208
Occurrences
42
εἰσελθεῖν
Morphology
V-2AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1525
Occurrences
195
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
γεννηθῆναι;
Morphology
V-APN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1080
Occurrences
97
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 ܢܝܩܕܡܘܣ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܕܢܬܝܠܕ ܓܒܪܐ ܣܒܐ ܕܠܡܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܬܘܒ ܠܟܪܣܐ ܕܐܡܗ ܕܬܪܬܝܢ ܙܒܢܝܢ ܠܡܥܠ ܘܢܬܝܠܕ

17 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
ܢܝܩܕܡܘܣ
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
nyqdmws
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܐܝܟܢܐ
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
'ykn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
261
ܡܫܟܚ
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
mshkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
106
ܕܢܬܝܠܕ
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
dntyld
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
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
ܣܒܐ
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
ܣܒܐ
Transliteration
sb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܕܠܡܐ
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
dlm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
81
ܡܫܟܚ
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
mshkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
106
ܬܘܒ
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
ܬܘܒ
Transliteration
twb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
138
ܠܟܪܣܐ
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
lkrs'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܕܐܡܗ
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'mh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܕܬܪܬܝܢ
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
dtrtyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
20
ܙܒܢܝܢ
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
zbnyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
42
ܠܡܥܠ
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
lm'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
12
ܘܢܬܝܠܕ
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
wntyld
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
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.

Dicit ad eum Nicodemus: Quomodo potest homo nasci, cum sit senex? numquid potest in ventrem matris suæ iterato introire et renasci?

21 word entries
dicit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicit
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
Nicodemus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Nicodemus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
5
quomodo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quomodo
Transliteration
quomodo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
284
potest
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
potest
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
homo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
homo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
nasci
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nascor
Transliteration
nasci
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
189
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5272
senex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
senex
Transliteration
senex
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
231
sit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
numquid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
numquid
Transliteration
numquid
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
408
potest
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
potest
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
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
ventrem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenter
Transliteration
ventrem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
74
matris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mater
Transliteration
matris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
321
suae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
iterato
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
itero
Transliteration
iterato
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7
introire
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
introeo
Transliteration
introire
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
159
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
nasci
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nascor
Transliteration
nasci
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
189

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