ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

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Explore the Peshitta — the Syriac New Testament — through its triliteral Aramaic roots. Hebrew and Arabic cognates, interlinear reader, and a living map of how each root hardened into Greek.

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ܚܢܦ KH-N-P
pagan, heathen
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܚܢܦܐ
ḥnpʾ
khnp'
pagan, heathen Matthew 6:7 Matthew 18:17 Acts 18:17 1 Corinthians 5:1 1 Corinthians 10:20 1 Corinthians 10:27
ܕܚܢܦܐ
dḥnpʾ
dkhnp'
of-pagan, heathen Matthew 10:5 1 Corinthians 12:2 1 Peter 4:3
ܠܚܢܦܐ
lḥnpʾ
lkhnp'
to-pagan, heathen John 7:35
ܚܢܦܬܐ
ḥnptʾ
khnpth'
pagan, heathen[fem] Mark 7:26
ܘܠܚܢܦܐ
wlḥnpʾ
wlkhnp'
and.to-pagan, heathen Acts 18:4
ܒܚܢ̈ܦܐ
bḥnpʾ
bkhnp'
in-pagan, heathen Isaiah 33:14
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
חָנֵף khanef hypocrite, godless
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
حَنِيف ḥanīf pure monotheist