Word Study Tool¶
The word_study module produces a complete one-stop profile for any Hebrew or Greek lemma. For each Strong's number it combines:
- Lexicon entry — lemma, transliteration, gloss, and full definition from STEPBible's TBESH (Hebrew) or TBESG (Greek) lexicons
- Total occurrences and distribution by book
- Morphological form inventory — all stem/conjugation combinations used (Hebrew) or tense/voice/mood (Greek)
- LXX translation equivalents — which Greek lemmas the LXX uses to render this Hebrew word (OT only)
- Example verses with KJV English context
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import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '../../../src')
import pandas as pd
pd.set_option('display.max_colwidth', 120)
pd.set_option('display.max_rows', 40)
from bible_grammar.wordstudy import word_study, print_word_study, word_study_table
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '../../../src')
import pandas as pd
pd.set_option('display.max_colwidth', 120)
pd.set_option('display.max_rows', 40)
from bible_grammar.wordstudy import word_study, print_word_study, word_study_table
1. Hebrew: בָּרָא (H1254) — "to create"¶
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print_word_study('H1211')
print_word_study('H1211')
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Word Study: H1211 — Hebrew
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Lemma : בָּצָל
Translit : be.tsel
Gloss : onion
POS code : H:N-M
Occurrences : 1
Definition:
onion
Distribution by Book (top 15):
Numbers 1 (100.0%) █████████████████████████
Morphological Forms (top 10):
stem conjugation part_of_speech state count pct
Noun Absolute 1 100.0
LXX Translation Equivalents (word-level alignment, top 10):
lxx_lemma lxx_lemma_translit lxx_strongs lxx_pos count pct
ὁ o G3588 Article 6 26.1
καί kai G2532 Conjunction 5 21.7
Αἴγυπτος Aiguptos G125 Noun 1 4.3
δωρεάν dorean G1432 Noun 1 4.3
κρόμμυον krommuon Noun 1 4.3
μνάομαι mnaomai G3415 Verb 1 4.3
πράσον prason Noun 1 4.3
πέπων pepon Noun 1 4.3
σικύος sikuos Noun 1 4.3
σκόρδον skordon Noun 1 4.3
OT → LXX → NT Trajectory:
ὁ (G3588) — 20,705 NT occurrences
Mat 2902
Mrk 1623
Luk 2780
Jhn 2309
Act 2843
Rom 1123
1Co 896
2Co 551
καί (G2532) — 9,479 NT occurrences
Mat 1238
Mrk 1153
Luk 1554
Jhn 885
Act 1163
Rom 292
1Co 299
2Co 202
Αἴγυπτος (G125) — 25 NT occurrences
Mat 4
Act 15
Heb 4
Jud 1
Rev 1
Example Verses:
[Num 11:5] הַ/בְּצָלִ֖ים
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, ...
2. Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (H3519) — "glory, honor"¶
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print_word_study('H3519')
print_word_study('H3519')
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Word Study: H3519 — Hebrew
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Lemma : כָּבוֹד
Translit : ka.vod
Gloss : glory
POS code : H:N-M
Occurrences : 176
Definition:
1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance1a) abundance, riches1b)
honour, splendour, glory1c) honour, dignity1d) honour, reputation1e)
honour, reverence, glory1f) glory
Distribution by Book (top 15):
Genesis 3 ( 1.7%)
Exodus 11 ( 6.2%) ███
Leviticus 2 ( 1.1%)
Numbers 6 ( 3.4%) █
Deuteronomy 1 ( 0.6%)
Joshua 1 ( 0.6%)
1 Samuel 4 ( 2.3%) █
1 Kings 2 ( 1.1%)
1 Chronicles 6 ( 3.4%) █
2 Chronicles 11 ( 6.2%) ███
Nehemiah 1 ( 0.6%)
Esther 2 ( 1.1%)
Job 2 ( 1.1%)
Psalms 31 ( 17.6%) ████████
Proverbs 16 ( 9.1%) ████
Morphological Forms (top 10):
stem conjugation part_of_speech state count pct
Noun Absolute 66 37.5
Noun Construct 62 35.2
Suffix 48 27.3
LXX Translation Equivalents (top 10):
lxx_lemma lxx_lemma_translit lxx_strongs lxx_pos count pct
ὁ o G3588 Article 549 31.9
καί kai G2532 Conjunction 373 21.7
αὐτός autos G846 Pronoun 137 8.0
δόξα doxa G1391 Noun 136 7.9
κύριος kurios G2962 Noun 95 5.5
ἐν en G1722 Preposition 67 3.9
ἐπί epi G1909 Preposition 62 3.6
μου mou G3450 Pronoun 55 3.2
εἰς eis G1519 Preposition 47 2.7
πᾶς pas G3956 Adjective 42 2.4
Example Verses:
[Gen 31:1] הַ/כָּבֹ֖ד
And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our ...
[Gen 45:13] כְּבוֹדִ/י֙
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and...
[Gen 49:6] כְּבֹדִ֑/י
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not th...
[Exo 16:7] כְּב֣וֹד
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your m...
[Exo 16:10] כְּב֣וֹד
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Isra...
3. Greek NT: λόγος (G3056) — "word, reason"¶
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print_word_study('G3056')
print_word_study('G3056')
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Word Study: G3056 — Greek
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Lemma : λόγος
Translit : logos
Gloss : word
POS code : G:N-M
Occurrences : 332
Definition:
λόγος, -ου, ὁ (λέγω) [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for מִלָּה
,אֵמֶר, etc. ;] __I. Of that by which the inward thought is
expressed, Lat. oratio, sermo, vox, verbum. __1. a word, not in the
grammatical sense of a mere name (ἔπος, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), but a word as
embodying a conception or idea: Mat.8:8, Luk.7:7, 1Co.14:9, 19
Heb.12:19, al. __2. a saying, statement, declaration: Mat.19:22 (T
om.), Mrk.5:36 7:29, Luk.1:29, Jhn.2:22 6:60, Act.7:29, al.; with
genitive attrib., Act.13:15, Rom.9:9, Heb.7:28, al.; of the sayings,
commands, promises, etc., of teachers, Mat.7:24 10:14, Mrk.8:38,
Luk.9:4, Jhn.14:24, al.; λ. κενοί, Eph.5:6; ἀληθινοί, Rev.19:9;
πιστοί, Rev.22:6; esp. of the precepts, decrees and promises of God,
ὁ λ. τ. θεοῦ, the word of God: Mrk.7:13, Jhn.10:35, Rom.13:9,
1Co.14:36, Php.1:14, al.; absol., ὁ λ., Mat.13:21, 22 Mrk.16:[20],
Luk.1:2, Act.6:4, Heb.4:12, al. __3. speech, discourse: Act.14:12,
2Co.10:10, Jas.3:2; opposite to ἐπιστολή, 2Th.2:15; disting, from
σοφία, 1Co.2:1; ἀναστροφή, 1Ti.4:12; δύναμις, 1Co.4:19, 1Th.1:5;
ἔργον, Rom.15:18; οὐδενὸς λ. τίμιον (not worthy of mention),
Act.20:24; of the faculty of speech, Luk.24:19, 2Co.11:6; of the
style of speech, Mat.5:37, 1Co.1:5; of instruction, Col.4:3,
1Pe.3:1; with genitive of person(s), Jhn.5:24 8:52, Act.2:41, al.; ὁ
λ. ὁ ἐμός, Jhn.8:31; with genitive obj. (τ.) ἀληθείας, 2Co.6:7,
Col.1:5, Jas.1:18; τ. καταλλαγῆς, 2Co.5:19; τ. σταυροῦ, 1Co.1:18; of
mere talk, 1Co.4:19, 2o, Col.2:23, 1Jn.3:18; of the talk which one
occasions, hence, repute: Col.2:23. __4. subject-matter, hence,
teaching, doctrine: Act.18:15, 2Ti.2:17, al.; esp. of Christian
doctrine: Mat.13:20-23, Mrk.4:14-20 8:32, Luk.1:2, Act.8:4, Gal.6:6,
1Th.1:6, al.; with genitive of person(s), τ. θεοῦ, Luk.5:1,
Jhn.17:6, Act.4:29, 1Co.14:36, I Jhn.1:10, Rev.6:9, al.; τ. Κυρίου,
Act.8:25, 1Th.1:8, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ, Col.3:16, Rev.3:8; with genitive
appos., Act.15:7; with genitive attrib., Heb.5:13. __5. a story,
tale, narrative: Mat.28:15, Jhn.21:23, Act.1:1 11:22; before περί,
Luk.5:15. __6. That which is spoken of (Plat., al.; V. Kennedy,
Sources, 124), matter, affair, thing: Mat.21:24, Mrk.1:45 11:29,
Luk.20:3, Act.8:21; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at
law, Act.19:38; pl. (1Ma.7:33, al.), Luk.1:4. __II. Of the inward
thought itself, Lat. ratio. __1. reason, __(a) of the mental faculty
(Hdt., Plat., al.): κατὰ λόγον, Act.18:14; __(b) a reason, cause:
τίνι λόγῳ, Act.10:29; παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας, Mat.5:32 19:9, WH,
mg., R, mg. __2. account, __(a) regard: Act.20:24, Rec.; __(b)
reckoning: Php.4:15, 17; συναίρειν (which see) λ., Mat.18:23 25:19;
in forensic sense, Rom.14:12, Heb.13:17, 1Pe.4:5; with genitive of
thing(s), Luk.16:2; before περί, Mat.12:36, Act.19:40, 1Pe.3:15.
__3. proportion, analogy: Php.2:16 (Field, Notes, 193 f.). __III. ὁ
λ., the Divine Word or Logos: Jhn.1:1, 14; τ. ζωῆς, 1Jn.1:1; τ.
θεοῦ, Rev.19:13 (see Westc, Swete, CGT, in ll.; reff. in Artt.,
Logos, DB, DCG). (AS)
Distribution by Book (top 15):
Matthew 33 ( 9.9%) ████
Mark 24 ( 7.2%) ███
Luke 32 ( 9.6%) ████
John 40 ( 12.0%) ██████
Acts 65 ( 19.6%) █████████
Romans 8 ( 2.4%) █
1 Corinthians 17 ( 5.1%) ██
2 Corinthians 9 ( 2.7%) █
Galatians 2 ( 0.6%)
Ephesians 4 ( 1.2%)
Philippians 4 ( 1.2%)
Colossians 7 ( 2.1%) █
1 Thessalonians 9 ( 2.7%) █
2 Thessalonians 5 ( 1.5%)
1 Timothy 8 ( 2.4%) █
Morphological Forms (top 10):
tense voice mood part_of_speech count pct
Noun 332 100.0
Example Verses:
[Mat 5:32] λόγου
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of for...
[Mat 5:37] λόγος
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these co...
[Mat 7:24] λόγους
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unt...
[Mat 7:26] λόγους
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened ...
[Mat 7:28] λόγους
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at ...
4. Greek NT: πίστις (G4102) — "faith, belief"¶
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print_word_study('G4102')
print_word_study('G4102')
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Word Study: G4102 — Greek
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Lemma : πίστις
Translit : pistis
Gloss : faith
POS code : G:N-F
Occurrences : 242
Definition:
πίστις, -εως, ἡ (πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמוּנָה ;] __1. in
active sense, faith, belief, trust, confidence, in NT always of
religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mat.8:10,
Luk.5:20, Act.14:9, Rom.1:8, 1Co.2:5, 2Co.1:24, 1Ti.1:5, al.; with
genitive obj., Mrk.11:22, Act.3:16, Rom.3:22, Gal.2:16, Eph.3:12,
Jas.2:1, al.; with prep., ἐν, Rom.3:25, Gal.3:26, Eph.1:15,
Col.1:24, 1Ti.1:14 3:13, 2Ti.1:13 3:15, 2Pe.1:1; εἰς, Act.20:21
24:24 26:18, Col.2:5, 1Pe.1:21; πρός, 1Th.1:8, Phm 5; ἐπί, with
accusative Heb.6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1Co.16:13,
1Co.13:5, 1Ti.2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Rom.1:5 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Rom.3:26
4:16, Gal.3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Rom.3:30, Gal.2:16, Php.3:9. By
meton., objectively, that which is the object or content of belief,
the faith: Act.6:7 14:22, Gal.1:23 3:23 6:10, Php.1:26, 27 Ju 3, 20,
and perh. also Act.13:8 16:5, Rom.1:5 and 16:26 (see supr.),
1Co.16:13, Col.1:23, 2Th.3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), 1Ti.1:19 3:9 4:1, 6
5:8 6:10, 12, 2Ti.3:8 4:7 Tit.1:4, 13 3:15, 1Pe.5:9. __2. In passive
sense, __(a) fidelity, faithfulness: Mat.23:23, Gal.5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ
θεοῦ, Rom.3:3; __(b) objectively, plighted faith, a pledge of
fidelity: 1Ti.5:12. (On the various shades of meaning in which the
word is used in NT, see esp. ICC on Rom.1:17, pp. 31ff.; Lft., Ga.,
154ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515ff.; DB, i, 830ff.; Cremer, see
word) (AS)
Distribution by Book (top 15):
Matthew 8 ( 3.3%) █
Mark 5 ( 2.1%) █
Luke 11 ( 4.5%) ██
Acts 15 ( 6.2%) ███
Romans 39 ( 16.1%) ████████
1 Corinthians 7 ( 2.9%) █
2 Corinthians 7 ( 2.9%) █
Galatians 22 ( 9.1%) ████
Ephesians 8 ( 3.3%) █
Philippians 5 ( 2.1%) █
Colossians 5 ( 2.1%) █
1 Thessalonians 8 ( 3.3%) █
2 Thessalonians 5 ( 2.1%) █
1 Timothy 19 ( 7.9%) ███
2 Timothy 8 ( 3.3%) █
Morphological Forms (top 10):
tense voice mood part_of_speech count pct
Noun 242 100.0
Example Verses:
[Mat 8:10] πίστιν
When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto yo...
[Mat 9:2] πίστιν
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus see...
[Mat 9:22] πίστις
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort;...
[Mat 9:29] πίστιν
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
[Mat 15:28] πίστις·
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee eve...
5. Programmatic access: word_study() returns a dict¶
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ws = word_study('H1254')
print(f"Lemma: {ws['lemma']} ({ws['translit']})")
print(f"Gloss: {ws['gloss']}")
print(f"Total occurrences: {ws['total_occurrences']}")
print()
print("Distribution by book:")
display(ws['by_book'])
print("\nMorphological forms:")
display(ws['morphological_forms'])
print("\nLXX translation equivalents (top 10 — filtered to Verbs):")
from bible_grammar.alignment import translation_equivalents
display(translation_equivalents(heb_strongs='H1254', lxx_pos='Verb', top_n=10))
ws = word_study('H1254')
print(f"Lemma: {ws['lemma']} ({ws['translit']})")
print(f"Gloss: {ws['gloss']}")
print(f"Total occurrences: {ws['total_occurrences']}")
print()
print("Distribution by book:")
display(ws['by_book'])
print("\nMorphological forms:")
display(ws['morphological_forms'])
print("\nLXX translation equivalents (top 10 — filtered to Verbs):")
from bible_grammar.alignment import translation_equivalents
display(translation_equivalents(heb_strongs='H1254', lxx_pos='Verb', top_n=10))
Lemma: בָּרָא (ba.ra) Gloss: to create Total occurrences: 48 Distribution by book:
| book_id | book_name | count | pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Gen | Genesis | 11 | 22.9 |
| 1 | Exo | Exodus | 1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | Num | Numbers | 1 | 2.1 |
| 3 | Deu | Deuteronomy | 1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | Jos | Joshua | 2 | 4.2 |
| 5 | 1Sa | 1 Samuel | 1 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 2Sa | 2 Samuel | 1 | 2.1 |
| 7 | Psa | Psalms | 2 | 4.2 |
| 8 | Ecc | Ecclesiastes | 1 | 2.1 |
| 9 | Isa | Isaiah | 21 | 43.8 |
| 10 | Jer | Jeremiah | 1 | 2.1 |
| 11 | Ezk | Ezekiel | 3 | 6.2 |
| 12 | Amo | Amos | 1 | 2.1 |
| 13 | Mal | Malachi | 1 | 2.1 |
Morphological forms:
| stem | conjugation | part_of_speech | state | count | pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Suffix | 15 | 31.2 | |||
| 1 | Qal | Perfect | Verb | 12 | 25.0 | |
| 2 | Qal | Participle | Verb | 11 | 22.9 | |
| 3 | Niphal | Perfect | Verb | 3 | 6.2 | |
| 4 | Qal | Consecutive Perfect | Verb | 2 | 4.2 | |
| 5 | Piel | Consecutive Imperfect | Verb | 1 | 2.1 | |
| 6 | Piel | Infinitive construct | Verb | 1 | 2.1 | |
| 7 | Qal | Consecutive Imperfect | Verb | 1 | 2.1 | |
| 8 | Qal | Imperfect | Verb | 1 | 2.1 | |
| 9 | Qal | Infinitive construct | Verb | 1 | 2.1 |
LXX translation equivalents (top 10 — filtered to Verbs):
| lxx_lemma | lxx_lemma_translit | lxx_strongs | lxx_pos | count | pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ποιέω | poieo | G4160 | Verb | 43 | 33.9 |
| 1 | εἰμί | eimi | G1510 | Verb | 19 | 15.0 |
| 2 | οὐ | ou | G3756 | Adverb | 18 | 14.2 |
| 3 | κτίζω | ktizo | G2936 | Verb | 14 | 11.0 |
| 4 | γίνομαι | ginomai | G1096 | Verb | 8 | 6.3 |
| 5 | ἔπω | epo | G2036 | Verb | 6 | 4.7 |
| 6 | μή | me | G3361 | Adverb | 6 | 4.7 |
| 7 | καταδείκνυμι | katadeiknumi | Verb | 5 | 3.9 | |
| 8 | λέγω | lego | G3004 | Verb | 4 | 3.1 |
| 9 | κατασκευάζω | kataskeuazo | G2680 | Verb | 4 | 3.1 |
6. Tabular concordance form¶
word_study_table() returns every occurrence as a DataFrame row — equivalent to concordance() but with the lexicon gloss attached.
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tbl = word_study_table('H1254')
print(f"Lemma: {tbl.attrs.get('lemma', '')} — {tbl.attrs.get('gloss', '')}")
tbl[['reference', 'word', 'stem', 'conjugation', 'context_text']]
tbl = word_study_table('H1254')
print(f"Lemma: {tbl.attrs.get('lemma', '')} — {tbl.attrs.get('gloss', '')}")
tbl[['reference', 'word', 'stem', 'conjugation', 'context_text']]
Lemma: בָּרָא — to create
Out[7]:
| reference | word | stem | conjugation | context_text | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Gen 1:1 | בָּרָ֣א | Qal | Perfect | In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. |
| 1 | Gen 1:21 | וַ/יִּבְרָ֣א | Qal | Consecutive Perfect | And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, afte... |
| 2 | Gen 1:27 | וַ/יִּבְרָ֨א | Qal | Consecutive Perfect | So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. |
| 3 | Gen 1:27 | בָּרָ֣א | Qal | Perfect | So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. |
| 4 | Gen 1:27 | בָּרָ֥א | Qal | Perfect | So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 43 | Ezk 23:47 | וּ/בָרֵ֥א | Piel | Infinitive construct | And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and th... |
| 44 | Ezk 28:13 | הִבָּרַאֲ/ךָ֖ | Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond... | ||
| 45 | Ezk 28:15 | הִבָּֽרְאָ֑/ךְ | Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. | ||
| 46 | Amo 4:13 | וּ/בֹרֵ֣א | Qal | Participle | For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that make... |
| 47 | Mal 2:10 | בְּרָאָ֑/נוּ | Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother,... |
48 rows × 5 columns
Quick Reference¶
from bible_grammar.wordstudy import word_study, print_word_study, word_study_table
# Formatted output to console
print_word_study('H1254') # Hebrew: בָּרָא "to create"
print_word_study('H3519') # Hebrew: כָּבוֹד "glory"
print_word_study('H8451') # Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "law, instruction"
print_word_study('G3056') # Greek: λόγος "word"
print_word_study('G4102') # Greek: πίστις "faith"
print_word_study('G26') # Greek: ἀγάπη "love"
print_word_study('G5547') # Greek: Χριστός "Christ"
# Get dict for programmatic access
ws = word_study('H8451')
ws['lemma'] # תּוֹרָה
ws['gloss'] # "law, instruction"
ws['definition'] # full BDB/LSJ definition
ws['total_occurrences'] # int
ws['by_book'] # DataFrame: book_id, book_name, count, pct
ws['morphological_forms'] # DataFrame: stem/conjugation or tense/voice/mood
ws['translation_equivalents'] # DataFrame: LXX Greek lemmas (Hebrew only)
ws['examples'] # list of {reference, word, context} dicts
# Full concordance with lexicon gloss attached
word_study_table('G4102') # all πίστις occurrences