Each instance of a word in the synoptics is placed into one of a number of "synoptic categories". Each category is designated by a three-digit number. "210", for example. The first digit gives information about Matthew, the second refers to Mark, and the third to Luke. The digit "0" indicates no parallel. The digit "1" indicates a parallel exist, but does not contain the key word. The digit "2" indicates the parallel contains the key word. Because of the importance of understanding the categories, I'll fully describe each of them, in turn. For each category I'll list the HHB Synoptic Concordance symbol, a simple definition, a more precise definition, and the interpretation of the category on the "Two source hypothesis" (2SH), "Farrer hypothesis" (FH), and "Griesbach hypothesis" (GH). ============ 222 - Triple tradition, triple agreement. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark, and also occurring in a corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew, and also occurring in a corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke. On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark and copied by Matthew and Luke. On the FH these are words authored by Mark and copied by Matthew and Luke. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew and copied by Luke and Mark. ============ 221 - Triple tradition, agreement between Matthew and Mark. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark, and also occurring in a corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew, but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Luke. On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark and copied by Matthew, but not copied by Luke. On the FH these are words authored by Mark and copied by Matthew, but not copied by Luke, from either Mark or Matthew. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, and then not copied by Luke, and then copied from Matthew by Mark. ============ 122 - Triple tradition, agreement between Mark and Luke. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark, and also occurring in a corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke, but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Matthew. On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark and copied by Luke, but not copied by Matthew. On the FH these are words authored by Mark, and then not copied by Matthew, but then copied by Luke from Mark. On the GH these are words authored by Luke while editing Matthew, and then copied by Mark. ============== 121 - Triple tradition, unique Mark. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark, but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Matthew, and also not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Luke. On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark, but not copied by Matthew, and not copied by Luke. On the FH these are words authored by Mark, but then not copied by Matthew or Luke. On the GH these are words authored by Mark while editing Matthew and Luke. ============= 212 - Triple tradition - minor agreements. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Matthew, and also occurring in a corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke, but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Mark. On the 2SH these words are authored by both Matthew and Luke independently, while editing Mark. On the FH these words are authored by Matthew, and may have been copied by Luke, generated indirectly by Luke's knowledge of Matthew, or generated essentially independently by Luke. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, and then copied by Luke, but then not copied by Mark, from either Matthew or Luke. ============= 211 - Triple tradition - unique Matthew. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Matthew, but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Mark, and also not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Luke. On the 2SH these are words authored by Matthew while editing Mark. On the FH these are words authored by Matthew while editing Mark, and then not copied by Luke. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, and then not copied by Luke or Mark. ============= 112 - Triple tradition - unique Luke. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Luke, but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Mark, and also not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Matthew. On the 2SH these are words authored by Luke while editing Mark. On the FH these are words authored by Luke while editing Mark and Matthew. On the GH these are words authored by Luke while editing Matthew, and then not copied by Mark. ============= 022 - Mark/Luke tradition - double agreements. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark and also occurring in corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark, and copied by Luke, where Matthew omitted the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Mark, and then copied by Luke, where Matthew had omitted the sentence or clause, On the GH these are words authored by Luke, and then copied by Mark, where Matthew did not have the sentence or clause. ============= 021 - Mark/Luke tradition - unique Mark. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Luke, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark, and not copied by Luke, where Matthew omitted the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Mark, and then not copied by Luke, where Matthew had omitted the sentence or clause, On the GH these are words authored by Mark while editing Luke, where Matthew did not have the sentence or clause. ============= 012 - Mark/Luke tradition - unique Luke. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Luke but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Mark, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Luke, while editing Mark, where Matthew omitted the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Luke, while editing Mark, where Matthew had omitted the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Luke, and then not copied by Mark, where Matthew did not have the sentence or clause. ============= 220 - Mark/Matthew tradition (mostly Bethesda section) - double agreements. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark and also occurring in corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark, and copied by Matthew, where Luke has omitted the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Mark, and then copied by Matthew, where Luke then omitted the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, and then copied by Mark, where Luke then omitted the sentence or clause. ============= 120 - Mark/Matthew tradition (mostly Bethesda section) - unique Mark. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Matthew, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark, and not copied by Matthew, where Luke omitted the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Mark, and then not copied by Matthew, where Luke then omitted the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Mark while editing Matthew, where Luke had omitted the sentence or clause. ============= 210 - Mark/Matthew tradition (mostly Bethesda section) - unique Matthew. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Matthew but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Mark, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Matthew, while editing Mark, where Luke omitted the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Matthew, while editing Mark, where Luke then omitted the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, and then not copied by Mark, where Luke had omitted the sentence or clause. ============= 020 - Sondergut Mark Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Mark, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew, (and often not even a corresponding pericope), and there also is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke, (and often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Mark, where both Matthew and Luke then omitted the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Mark, where both Matthew and Luke then omitted the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Mark, where neither Matthew nor Luke had the sentence or clause. ============= 202 - Matthew/Luke double tradition - double agreements. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Matthew and also occurring in corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Mark. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Q, and copied by both Matthew and Luke. On the FH these are words authored by Matthew, and then copied by Luke, where Mark did not have the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, and then copied by Luke, but where Mark then omitted the sentence or clause. ============= 201 - Matthew/Luke double tradition - unique Matthew. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Matthew but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Luke, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Mark. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Q, and copied by Matthew but not copied by Luke, or these are words authored by Matthew while editing Q. On the FH these are words authored by Matthew, and then not copied by Luke, where Mark did not have the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, and then not copied by Luke, and where Mark then omitted the sentence or clause. ============= 102 - Matthew/Luke double tradition - unique Luke. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Luke but not occurring in corresponding parallel sentence(s) or clause(s) in Matthew, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Mark. (And often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Q, and copied by Luke but not copied by Matthew, or these are words authored by Luke while editing Q. On the FH these are words authored by Luke while editing Matthew, where Mark did not have the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Luke, while editing Matthew, and where Mark then omitted the sentence or clause. ============= 200 - Sondergut Matthew. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Matthew, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Mark, (and often not even a corresponding pericope), and there also is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Luke, (and often not even a corresponding per icope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Matthew, where Mark did not have the sentence or clause. On the FH these are words authored by Matthew, where Mark did not have the sentence or clause, and where Luke then omitted the sentence or clause. On the GH these are words authored by Matthew, where Luke and Mark then omitted the sentence or clause. ============= 002 - Sondergut Luke. Instances of words occurring in a sentence or clause in Luke, where there is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Mark, (and often not even a corresponding pericope), and there also is no corresponding parallel sentence or clause in Matthew, (and often not even a corresponding pericope.) On the 2SH these are words authored by Luke, where Mark did not have the sentence or clause . On the FH these are words authored by Luke, where Mark did not have the sentence or clause . On the GH these are words authored by Luke where Matthew did not have the sentence or clause and where then Mark then omits the sentence or clause. ============= Again, from the definitions it should be apparent that in each case, the first digit in the symbol represents Matthew, the second digit represents Mark, and the third digit represents Luke. Also, a "2" in any one of these positions indicates that the gospel contains an instance of the key word, in a specific sentence or clause. A "1" in any one of these positions indicated that the gospel contains a parallel sentence or clause, but does not contain an instance of the key word in that sentence or clause. A "0" in any one of these positions indicated that the gospel does not contain a parallel sentence or clause.