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Bible Lexicon. Bible Lexicon: Greek Hebrew Strong's. We are Grateful to the Lockman foundation for use of the NAS Exhaustive Concordance
- Matthew 1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of...
- Proverbs 1
KJV Lexicon. The proverbs mashal (maw-shawl') a pithy maxim,...
- John 1
Holman Christian Standard Bible In the beginning was the...
- Romans 10
Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore faith is from the...
- James 5
New American Standard Bible Therefore, confess your sins to...
- Ephesians 1
Aramaic Bible in Plain English Paul, an Apostle of Yeshua...
- Psalm 1
KJV Lexicon. But his delight chephets (khay'-fets) pleasure;...
- Matthew 1
Jan 4, 2022 · A Bible lexicon will provide the meanings of original-language words used in Scripture. A Hebrew-Aramaic lexicon covers the words of the Old Testament. A Greek lexicon contains the words of the New Testament. A lexicon is helpful in studying the Bible and carrying out a word study from a passage.
Bible lexicons provide definitions and meaning of Biblical words found in the original New Testament Greek and Old Testament Hebrew languages of the Holy Bible. This study resource helps in understanding the origins and root meaning of the ancient language.
- What’s The Difference Between Greek “Dictionaries” and “Lexicons”?
- What Are Some Good Greek Lexicons?
- What Are Some Good Specialty Dictionaries and Lexicons?
- What Are Some Good Encyclopedic Reference Works For Bible Study?
- How Can I Use Greek Dictionaries and Lexicons?
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Why are some Greek dictionaries called “lexicons” and others called “dictionaries”? “Dictionary” is the more general term; dictionaries are used when the reference work in question is designed to provide broad, general coverage of the language and for small, more glossary-like works. That’s why Brill’s Greek-English Dictionary of Ancient Greek (GE)...
The standard for New Testament lexicography is, of course, BDAG. Its entries are comprehensive and detailed for the New Testament, with context-specific lexical information for vocabulary outside the New Testament. But BDAG’s most useful feature is arguably its thorough bibliographic information. For theologically important words, especially, BDAG’...
Sometimes, you may need even more information than a standard dictionary or lexicon offers. In those situations, theological dictionaries become incredibly valuable. Written as full prose articles, these works provide rich historical context surrounding the words and ideas to which they refer. Barclay Newman’s A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of ...
Exegetical and theological lexicons are essential for understanding the cultural and social context in which individual words are used. These works do not replace standard dictionaries or lexicons (not least because they often cover only words deemed “important”), but they do help contextualize a word’s usage. They illustrate how history, society, ...
Learning to read a lexical entry is an essential skill for any student of biblical Greek. There are also a few resources that can help, such as Danker’s Multi-Purpose Tools for Bible Study. The excellent festschrift for Frederick Danker (the “D” in BDAG), Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography, also has much to offer. Especially helpful will be R...
Useful online resources for studying Greek words include the Perseus Project (using their Word Study Tool), SemanticDictionary.org (which uses a modified version of Louw-Nida for its NT lexicon), and Logeion. Logeion, especially, provides access to lexical information difficult to find elsewhere. An increasing number of Greek lexicons are available...
The Strong's Concordance is an exhaustive cross-reference of every word in the King James Bible cross referened to lexicons of the original languages of the Bible. Although the concordance took over ten years and over 100 people to construct, it's content today, can be duplicated by modern computers in a fraction of a second.
This lexicon has been developed to aid the user in understanding the original text of the Greek Old and New Testament. By using the Strong's version of the King James, New American Standard, Holman Christian Standard, English Standard Version, Berean Study Bible or World English Bible, a deeper knowledge, of the passage being studied, can be ...
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Bible Study Tools offers two Bible versions, King James and New American Standard, for studying within the New Testament lexicons. The Greek Lexicon has been designed to help the user understand the original text of the Bible.
