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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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܫܐܕܐ
šʾdʾ
sh'd'
demon Matthew 7:22 Matthew 8:31 Matthew 12:24 Matthew 15:22 Matthew 17:18 Mark 1:39 Mark 5:12 Mark 7:26 Mark 7:29 Mark 9:26 Mark 9:38 Mark 16:17 Luke 4:35 Luke 4:41 Luke 7:33 Luke 8:29 Luke 8:33 Luke 8:38 Luke 9:1 Luke 10:17 ... +9
ܕܫܐܕܐ
dšʾdʾ
dsh'd'
of-demon Luke 4:33 Luke 10:20 1 Corinthians 10:21 1 Corinthians 10:21 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 Timothy 4:1 1 Peter 4:3
ܕܫܐܕܘܗܝ
dšʾdwhy
dsh'dwhy
of-demon-her Mark 5:15 Mark 5:16 Mark 5:18
ܘܫܐܕܐ
wšʾdʾ
wsh'd'
and-demon Mark 6:13 Isaiah 34:14
ܠܫܐܕܐ
lšʾdʾ
lsh'd'
to-demon 1 Corinthians 10:20 1 Corinthians 10:20
ܫܐܕܝܢ
šʾdyn
sh'dyn
demon[pl] Mark 16:9 Luke 8:2
ܫܐܕܗ
šʾdh
sh'dh
demon-his Mark 7:30
ܘܫܐ̈ܕܐ
wšʾdʾ
wsh'd'
and-demon Isaiah 13:21
ܫܐܕܘܗܝ
šʾdwhy
sh'dwhy
demon-her Luke 8:35
ܠܫܐ̈ܕܐ
lšʾdʾ
lsh'd'
to-demon Psalms 106:37
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
שֵׁד shed demon
שֵׁדִים shedim demons
שָׁאָה sha'ah devastation, desolation
שְׁדֵפָה shedefah blight
שָׁדַד shadad to destroy, devastate
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
شَيْطَان shaytān satan, demon
شَيَاطِين shayāṭīn demons
شَوْدَاء shawdā' diabolical, malign
شَيِّدٌ shayid possessed, demonized
شَدْ shad oppression, tyranny