4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother — let him die the death;
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 15:4. 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.
Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς ἐνετείλατο, λέγων, Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα· καί, Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω·
Ὁ
γὰρ
Θεὸς
ἐνετείλατο
- Lemma
- eneteilato
- Transliteration
- eneteilato
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist middle deponent indicative singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1781
- Occurrences
- 10
λέγων
Τίμα
τὸν
πατέρα
σοῦ
καὶ
τὴν
μητέρα
καί
Ὁ
κακολογῶν
πατέρα
ἢ
μητέρα
θανάτῳ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἐνετείλατο λέγων· τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καί ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω·
ὁ
θεὸς
ἐνετείλατο
- Lemma
- ἐντέλλομαι
- Morphology
- V-ADI-3S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1781
- Occurrences
- 16
τὸν
καὶ
τὴν
καί
ὁ
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.
ܐܠܗܐ ܓܝܪ ܐܡܪ ܝܩܪ ܠܐܒܘܟ ܘܠܐܡܟ ܘܡܢ ܕܡܨܚܐ ܠܐܒܘܗܝ ܘܠܐܡܗ ܡܡܬ ܢܡܘܬ
ܐܠܗܐ
- 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
- ܐܠܗܐ
- Transliteration
- alaha
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- God
- Occurrences
- 497
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
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
ܝܩܪ
- 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
- ܝܩܪ
- Transliteration
- yqr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܠܐܒܘܟ
- 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
- ܠܐܒܘܟ
- Transliteration
- l'bwk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܘܠܐܡܟ
- 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
- ܘܠܐܡܟ
- Transliteration
- wl'mk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܘܡܢ
- 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
- ܘܡܢ
- Transliteration
- wmn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 285
ܕܡܨܚܐ
- 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
- ܕܡܨܚܐ
- Transliteration
- dmsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܠܐܒܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܠܐܒܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- l'bwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 15
ܘܠܐܡܗ
- 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
- ܘܠܐܡܗ
- Transliteration
- wl'mh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 12
ܡܡܬ
- 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
- ܡܡܬ
- Transliteration
- mmt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܢܡܘܬ
- 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
- ܢܡܘܬ
- Transliteration
- nmwt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 12
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Honora patrem, et matrem: et, Qui maledixerit patri, vel matri, morte moriatur.
nam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nam
- Transliteration
- nam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 211
Deus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- deus
- Transliteration
- Deus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Gloss
- God
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- God, deity
- Etymology
- Latin noun for God or a god.
- Occurrences
- 4889
dixit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dixit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
honora
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- honoro
- Transliteration
- honora
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 53
patrem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pater
- Transliteration
- patrem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1575
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
matrem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mater
- Transliteration
- matrem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 321
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
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
maledixerit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- maledico
- Transliteration
- maledixerit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 142
patri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pater
- Transliteration
- patri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1575
vel
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uel
- Transliteration
- vel
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 195
matri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mater
- Transliteration
- matri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 321
morte
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mors
- Transliteration
- morte
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 408
moriatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- morior
- Transliteration
- moriatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 600
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.
Exodus 20:12
'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
20 relevance votesExodus 21:17
'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
18 relevance votesLeviticus 20:9
'For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood [is] on him.
16 relevance votesDeuteronomy 5:16
'Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
14 relevance votesProverbs 23:22
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
9 relevance votesLeviticus 19:3
'Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I [am] Jehovah your God.
7 relevance votesMatthew 19:19
honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'
6 relevance votesEphesians 6:1
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;
5 relevance votesDeuteronomy 27:16
'Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, — and all the people have said, Amen.
5 relevance votesProverbs 20:20
Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
5 relevance votesRomans 3:31
Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.
4 relevance votesProverbs 30:17
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
2 relevance votes