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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ܣܪܩ S-R-Q
empty, vain
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܣܪܝܩܘܬܐ
sryqwtʾ
sryqwth'
empty, vain Acts 4:25 Psalms 2:1 Psalms 4:3 Psalms 12:3 Psalms 144:8 Psalms 144:11 Proverbs 12:11 Proverbs 28:7 Proverbs 28:19 Proverbs 30:8 Isaiah 59:4 Ezekiel 13:8 Ezekiel 13:9 Ezekiel 13:23 Ezekiel 22:28
ܣܪܝܩܬܐ
sryqtʾ
sryqth'
empty, vain Ephesians 5:6 Philippians 2:3 Colossians 2:8 2 Thessalonians 3:11 1 Timothy 1:6 1 Timothy 5:13 1 Timothy 6:20 2 Timothy 2:16 Proverbs 26:2 Isaiah 30:28
ܣܪܝܩܐ
sryqʾ
sryq'
empty, vain Romans 4:14 1 Corinthians 15:10 1 Corinthians 15:14 1 Corinthians 15:14 1 Thessalonians 3:5 James 1:26 1 Peter 1:18 Ezekiel 13:7 Ezekiel 21:28 Ezekiel 21:34
ܠܣܪܝܩܘܬܐ
lsryqwtʾ
lsryqwth'
empty, vain Romans 8:20 Psalms 40:5 Isaiah 2:20 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 65:23
ܣܪܝܩ
sryq
sryq
empty, vain Luke 20:10 Luke 20:11 1 Corinthians 15:58
ܒܣܪܝܩܘܬܐ
bsryqwtʾ
bsryqwth'
empty, vain Psalms 78:33 Psalms 139:20 Isaiah 30:7
ܕܣܪܝܩ
dsryq
dsryq
empty, vain Matthew 12:44 Psalms 108:13 Isaiah 30:7
ܣܪܝܩܝܢ
sryqyn
sryqyn
empty, vain Psalms 127:2 Isaiah 41:29 Isaiah 44:9
ܘܣܪܝܩܢ
wsryqn
wsryqn
empty, vain Titus 1:10 Titus 3:9
ܣܪ̈ܝܩܬܐ
sryqtʾ
sryqth'
empty, vain Psalms 31:7 Proverbs 13:16
ܘܣܪܝܩܐ
wsryqʾ
wsryq'
empty, vain Proverbs 16:28 Isaiah 29:8
ܕܣܪܝܩܘܬܐ
dsryqwtʾ
dsryqwth'
empty, vain Romans 1:28 Psalms 91:3
ܠܣܪܝܩܐ
lsryqʾ
lsryq'
empty, vain Isaiah 32:5
ܣܪ̈ܝܩܝܢ
sryqyn
sryqyn
empty, vain Psalms 96:5
ܢܣܪܩ
nsrq
nsrq
[impf]empty, vain 1 Corinthians 9:15
ܣܪܩ
srq
srq
empty, vain Peal Philippians 2:7
ܠܣܪܩܬܐ
lsrqtʾ
lsrqth'
to-empty, vain[fem] Isaiah 1:31
ܣܪܝܩܝ
sryqy
sryqy
empty, vain Galatians 5:26
ܘܣܪܝܩ
wsryq
wsryq
empty, vain Proverbs 31:30
ܣܪ̈ܝܩܐ
sryqʾ
sryq'
empty, vain Isaiah 1:13
ܘܢܣܪܩ
wnsrq
wnsrq
and-[impf]empty, vain Isaiah 32:6
ܕܣ̇ܪܩܝܢ
dsrqyn
dsrqyn
of-empty, vain[pl] Isaiah 19:9
ܕܣܪܝܩܐ
dsryqʾ
dsryq'
empty, vain Isaiah 32:7
ܘܣܪܝܩܝܢ
wsryqyn
wsryqyn
empty, vain Psalms 62:10
ܕܣܪܝܩܢ
dsryqn
dsryqn
empty, vain 1 Corinthians 3:20
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
רֵיק req empty
רִיקָם reqam emptily, in vain
רִיק riq empty, vain
רִיקוּק riqquq emptying, emptiness
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
سَرَقَ saraqa to steal (to empty)
سَرَاقَة sarāqah theft, stealing
سُرْقَة surqah theft, stealing
إِسْرَاق isrāq plundering, looting