Rule, Govern
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Who or what does itSubject
56 occurrences in 31 groups
- Not stated (participle) 11
- Not stated: they 5
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- ἐγώI, we 3
- Not stated: we 3
- Other words · 26 groups that occur once or twice (30) 30
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
12 occurrences in 6 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 4
- βασιλείαkingdom, reign 3
- φυλήtribe, nation, people 2
- ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 1
- ἐξουσίαauthority, power, right 1
- κόσμοςworld 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
22 occurrences in 20 groups
- εἰςto+ αἰώνage, forever 3
- ἐνin+ ῥάβδοςstick 3
- Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19
With adverbsAdverbs
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- οὐnot 5
- καίand 1
- οὐκέτιno longer 1
- οὔπωnot yet 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
215 occurrences in 45 groups
- θεόςGod 68
- οὐρανόςheaven, sky 32
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 19
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 14
- γῆearth 10
- σύyou 10
- Other words · 31 groups that occur once or twice (37) 37
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
31 occurrences in 24 groups
- ἐμόςmy 3
- ἕτεροςother, another, different 3
- σιδήρεοςmade of iron 3
- Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (24) 24
Named alongside itApposition
62 occurrences in 45 groups
- ἩρώδηςHerod 9
- Ἀγρίππαςwild-horse tamer 6
- εἴδωto know 3
- ἀνήρman, husband 3
- ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 3
- βασιλεύςking 3
- Other words · 39 groups that occur once or twice (48) 48
What it doesIt is the subject
98 occurrences in 66 groups
- ἔρχομαιto come 10
- ἐγγίζωto draw near 6
- ἔπωto say 6
- ὁμοιόωto liken, to be like 4
- ἀκούωto hear 3
- ἀνίστημιto rise, to stand up, to raise up 3
- Other words · 58 groups that occur once or twice (74) 74
What is done to itIt is the object
84 occurrences in 47 groups
- εἴδωto know 7
- κληρονομέωto inherit 5
- λέγωto say 5
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 4
- κηρύσσωto preach, to proclaim 4
- ἐπικαλέομαιto call, to name, to call upon 3
- Other words · 38 groups that occur once or twice (49) 49
It is given or told toIndirect object
17 occurrences in 14 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 3
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
Second object ofSecond object
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- καθίστημιto appoint, to put in charge 3
- ποιέωto do, to make 3
- λέγωto say 1
- ἀποστέλλωto send 1
What it is said to bePredicate
28 occurrences in 20 groups
- ὅμοιοςlike 7
- τοιοῦτοςsuch 3
- Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (20) 20
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
19 occurrences in 9 groups
- σύyou 7
- υἱόςson 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
81 occurrences in 15 groups
- ἐνin 42
- εἰςto 37
- ἐπίon 24
- περίconcerning, about, for 8
- πρόςto, toward, with 5
- ἀπόfrom 5
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
38 occurrences in 27 groups
- εὐαγγέλιονthe gospel, the good news 3
- κύριοςLord 3
- μυστήριονsecret, mystery 3
- βασιλεύςking 3
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (26) 26
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.