17 A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 13:17. 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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5
Word Entries
41
Editorial Notes
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Westminster Leningrad Codex
Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃
7 word entries
מַלְאָ֣ךְ
יִפֹּ֣ל
בְּרָ֑ע
וְצִ֖יר
אֱמוּנִ֣ים
Greek Brenton Septuagint
Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Βασιλεὺς θρασὺς ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακὰ, ἄγγελος δὲ σοφὸς ῥύσεται αὐτόν.
10 word entries
Βασιλεὺς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- βασιλεύς
- Transliteration
- basileus
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- king
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- King or ruler.
- Occurrences
- 3067
θρασὺς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- θρασὺς
- Transliteration
- thrasys
- Morphology
- nominative masculine/feminine singular or accusative plural pattern depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 3
ἐμπεσεῖται
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἐμπεσεῖται
- Transliteration
- empeseitai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 15
εἰς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- εἰς
- Transliteration
- eis
- Morphology
- preposition with accusative
- Gloss
- into, to, for
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
- Occurrences
- 6787
κακὰ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- κακός
- Transliteration
- kaka
- Morphology
- adjective/substantive, nominative/accusative neuter plural
- Gloss
- evil things, bad things
- Part of Speech
- adjective/substantive
- Definition
- Bad, evil, harmful, or wicked.
- Occurrences
- 242
ἄγγελος
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἄγγελος
- Transliteration
- angelos
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- messenger, angel
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Messenger, envoy, or angel.
- Occurrences
- 160
δὲ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- δέ
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- postpositive conjunction/particle
- Gloss
- but, and, now
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/particle
- Definition
- Postpositive connective conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 4634
σοφὸς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- σοφός
- Transliteration
- sophos
- Morphology
- adjective, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- wise
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Wise, skilled, or prudent.
- Occurrences
- 61
ῥύσεται
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ῥύσεται
- Transliteration
- ysetai
- Morphology
- verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it will ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 21
αὐτόν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament
Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܐܝܙܓܕܐ ܥܘܠܐ ܢܦܠ ܒܒܝܫܬܐ ܘܐܝܙܓܕܐ ܡܗܝܡܢܐ ܐܣܝܐ ܗܘ
8 word entries
ܐܝܙܓܕܐ
- 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
- ܐܝܙܓܕܐ
- Transliteration
- 'yzgd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 56
ܥܘܠܐ
- 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
- ܥܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 232
ܢܦܠ
- 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
- ܢܦܠ
- Transliteration
- npl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 72
ܒܒܝܫܬܐ
- 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
- ܒܒܝܫܬܐ
- Transliteration
- bbysht'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 13
ܘܐܝܙܓܕܐ
- 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
- ܘܐܝܙܓܕܐ
- Transliteration
- w'yzgd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5
ܡܗܝܡܢܐ
- 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
- ܡܗܝܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mhymn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 36
ܐܣܝܐ
- 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
- ܐܣܝܐ
- Transliteration
- 'sy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 7
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
- 2003
Targumim on Prophets and Writings
Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
שְׁלִיחָא בִישָׁא יִפֵּל בְבִישְׁתָּא וְאִזְגַדָא מְהֵימְנָא אָסְיָא הוּא׃
8 word entries
שְׁלִיחָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שליחא
- Transliteration
- shlych'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 4
בִישָׁא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ישא
- Transliteration
- bysh'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 101
יִפֵּל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יפל
- Transliteration
- ypl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
בְבִישְׁתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בישתא
- Transliteration
- bbysht'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 27
וְאִזְגַדָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אזגדא
- Transliteration
- w'zgd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 16
מְהֵימְנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הימנא
- Transliteration
- mhymn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 8
אָסְיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסיא
- Transliteration
- 'sy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 8
הוּא׃
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוא
- Transliteration
- hw'
- Morphology
- personal/demonstrative pronoun
- Gloss
- he, it
- Occurrences
- 992
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.
Nuntius impii cadet in malum; legatus autem fidelis, sanitas.
8 word entries
nuntius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nuntius
- Transliteration
- nuntius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 134
impii
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- impius
- Transliteration
- impii
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 267
cadet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cado
- Transliteration
- cadet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 410
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
malum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- malum
- Transliteration
- malum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 129
legatus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- legatus
- Transliteration
- legatus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 20
fidelis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fidelis
- Transliteration
- fidelis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 132
sanitas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sanitas
- Transliteration
- sanitas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 39
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.
Proverbs 25:13
As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.
8 relevance votes2 Corinthians 5:20
in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'
4 relevance votes1 Corinthians 4:2
and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
4 relevance votesEzekiel 3:18
In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he — the wicked — in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.
3 relevance votes1 Timothy 1:12
And I give thanks to him who enabled me — Christ Jesus our Lord — that he did reckon me stedfast, having put [me] to the ministration,
3 relevance votes2 Timothy 2:2
and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;
3 relevance votesProverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.
2 relevance votesProverbs 26:6
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
2 relevance votes2 Corinthians 2:17
for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity — but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.
2 relevance votesJeremiah 23:28
The prophet with whom [is] a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom [is] My word, Let him truly speak My word. What — to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah.
2 relevance votesProverbs 25:23
A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue — indignant faces.
2 relevance votes