To Choose, To Select, To Prefer
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Who or what does itSubject
66 occurrences in 23 groups
- Not stated (participle) 12
- θεόςGod 10
- Not stated: he, she or it 7
- Not stated: we 5
- Not stated: they 5
- Not stated: I 4
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
51 occurrences in 44 groups
- σύyou 8
- ὅςwho, which, that 6
- εἰμίto be 3
- Other words · 41 groups that occur once or twice (46) 46
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
3 occurrences in 5 groups
- κληρονόμοςheir 1
- μάρτυςwitness 1
- πλούσιοςrich, wealthy 1
- ὑπηρέτηςservant, officer 1
- ἀπαρχήfirstfruits 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
21 occurrences in 25 groups
- Other words · 25 groups that occur once or twice (26) 26
With adverbsAdverbs
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- καίand 2
- μᾶλλονmore, more than, to a greater degree 1
- οὐnot 1
- πῶςhow? by what means? 1
- τότεthen 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- θεόςGod 3
- σύyou 2
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀγαπάωto love 1
- ἅγιοςholy 1
Named alongside itApposition
12 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐπιτυγχάνωto acquire 1
- κρίνωto judge 1
- μένωto remain, to stay, to abide 1
- πίπτωto fall 1
- ἀσπάζομαιto greet, to send greetings 1
What is done to itIt is the object
16 occurrences in 12 groups
- εἴδωto know 3
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὀλίγοςfew 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 2 groups
- διάthrough 6
- κατάaccording to, against, down 6
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐκδίκησιςvengeance, retribution 1
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
- σκεῦοςvessel, object 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Sources
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.