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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ܪܫܝ R-SH-Y
wicked
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܪܫܝܬܐ
ršytʾ
rshyth'
wicked[fem] Luke 15:22 Acts 26:23 Romans 8:23 Romans 11:16 Romans 16:5 1 Corinthians 15:20 1 Corinthians 15:23 1 Corinthians 16:15 2 Thessalonians 2:13 James 1:18 1 John 3:8 Proverbs 8:23 Isaiah 40:21 Isaiah 41:4 Isaiah 41:26 Isaiah 43:18 Isaiah 45:21 Isaiah 46:10 Isaiah 48:3 Isaiah 48:16 ... +2
ܪܫܝܢ
ršyn
rshyn
wicked-them Acts 23:28 Acts 23:29 1 Corinthians 1:8 Philippians 3:6 Colossians 1:22 1 Thessalonians 2:10 1 Thessalonians 3:13 1 Thessalonians 5:23 1 Timothy 3:10 1 Timothy 5:7 Titus 1:6 Titus 1:7 Hebrews 8:7
ܒܪܫܝܬ
bršyt
brshyth
in-wicked[perf] Peal Matthew 19:4 Matthew 19:8 Mark 10:6 John 1:1 John 1:2 John 8:44 1 John 1:1 1 John 2:7 1 John 2:13 1 John 2:14
ܪ̈ܝܫܝܗܘܢ
ryšyhwn
ryshyhwn
wicked Psalms 74:13 Isaiah 29:10 Isaiah 35:10 Ezekiel 7:18 Ezekiel 27:31 Ezekiel 32:27 Ezekiel 44:20 Ezekiel 44:20
ܒܪ̈ܝܫܝܗܘܢ
bryšyhwn
bryshyhwn
wicked Psalms 22:8 Psalms 109:25 Ezekiel 23:15 Ezekiel 27:30 Ezekiel 44:18
ܪܫܝܗܘܢ
ršyhwn
rshyhwn
wicked-their Matthew 27:39 Mark 15:29 Acts 21:24
ܪ̈ܫܝܬܐ
ršytʾ
rshyth'
wicked[fem] Isaiah 3:17 Isaiah 41:27 Ezekiel 48:14
ܕܪܫܝܗܘܢ
dršyhwn
drshyhwn
of-wicked-their Matthew 20:25 Acts 22:30
ܪ̈ܝܫܝܗܝܢ
ryšyhyn
ryshyhyn
wicked Ezekiel 1:25 Ezekiel 1:26
ܪܫܝܟܘܢ
ršykwn
rshykwn
wicked-your(pl) Luke 21:28 Acts 3:17
ܪ̈ܝܫܝܟܘܢ
ryšykwn
ryshykwn
wicked Psalms 24:7 Psalms 24:9
ܪܝܫܝܬܐ
ryšytʾ
ryshyth'
wicked Hebrews 3:14 Hebrews 7:3
ܪܫܝܬܗ
ršyth
rshythh
wicked-his Matthew 24:21
ܪ̈ܫܝܗܘܢ
ršyhwn
rshyhwn
wicked-their Isaiah 51:11
ܪܫܝ
ršy
rshy
my head John 13:9
ܕܪܫܝܬܐ
dršytʾ
drshyth'
of-wicked[fem] Hebrews 7:4
ܕܡܪܫܝܢ
dmršyn
dmrshyn
that.from-wicked-them Luke 23:14
ܪܝܫܝܐ
ryšyʾ
ryshy'
wicked Psalms 45:9
ܒܪܝܫܝܬ
bryšyt
bryshyth
wicked Hebrews 1:10
ܒܪ̈ܝܫܝܗܝܢ
bryšyhyn
bryshyhyn
wicked Ezekiel 23:42
ܘܕܪܫܝܢ
wdršyn
wdrshyn
and.of-wicked-them Acts 6:9
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
רָשָׁע rasha wicked
רִשְׁעָה rishʿah wickedness
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
رَشِيّ rašiyy wicked
رَشَاوَة rašāwah bribery
رِشْوَة riŝwah bribery