16 for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Hebrews 2:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Οὐ γὰρ δήπου ἀγγέλων ἐπιλαμβάνεται, ἀλλὰ σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ ἐπιλαμβάνεται.
Οὐ
γὰρ
δήπου
ἀγγέλων
ἐπιλαμβάνεται
- Lemma
- epilambanetai
- Transliteration
- epilambanetai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1949
- Occurrences
- 2
ἀλλὰ
σπέρματος
Ἀβραὰμ
ἐπιλαμβάνεται
- Lemma
- epilambanetai
- Transliteration
- epilambanetai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1949
- Occurrences
- 2
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
οὐ γὰρ δήπου ἀγγέλων ἐπιλαμβάνεται, ἀλλὰ σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ ἐπιλαμβάνεται.
ἐπιλαμβάνεται,
- Lemma
- ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
- Morphology
- V-PNI-3S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1949
- Occurrences
- 19
ἐπιλαμβάνεται.
- Lemma
- ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
- Morphology
- V-PNI-3S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1949
- Occurrences
- 19
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.
ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܥܠ ܡܠܐܟܐ ܡܫܠܛ ܗܘܐ ܡܘܬܐ ܐܠܐ ܥܠ ܙܪܥܗ ܕܐܒܪܗܡ ܡܫܠܛ ܗܘܐ
ܠܐ
- 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
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 1681
ܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
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
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 909
ܡܠܐܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܐܟܐ
- Transliteration
- ml'k'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 95
ܡܫܠܛ
- 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
- ܡܫܠܛ
- Transliteration
- mshlt
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
ܡܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 47
ܐܠܐ
- 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
- ܐܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'l'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 784
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 909
ܙܪܥܗ
- 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
- ܙܪܥܗ
- Transliteration
- zr'h
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 12
ܕܐܒܪܗܡ
- 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
- ܕܐܒܪܗܡ
- Transliteration
- d'brhm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 24
ܡܫܠܛ
- 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
- ܡܫܠܛ
- Transliteration
- mshlt
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Nusquam enim angelos apprehendit, sed semen Abrahæ apprehendit.
nusquam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nusquam
- Transliteration
- nusquam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 2
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
angelos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- angelus
- Transliteration
- angelos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 326
adprehendit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- apprehendo
- Transliteration
- adprehendit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 156
sed
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sed
- Transliteration
- sed
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1637
semen
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- semen
- Transliteration
- semen
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 287
Abrahae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Abraham
- Transliteration
- Abrahae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 214
adprehendit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- apprehendo
- Transliteration
- adprehendit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 156
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.
Galatians 3:29
and if ye [are] of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise — heirs.
8 relevance votesGalatians 3:16
and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to thy seed,' which is Christ;
5 relevance votesGenesis 22:18
and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
3 relevance votesRomans 2:25
For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.
1 relevance votesHebrews 12:10
for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;
1 relevance votesHebrews 6:16
for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation [is] the oath,
1 relevance votes1 Peter 1:20
foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,
0 relevance votes