Search for Biblical People

Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes Member Posts: 15,432 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

One would have thought it possible to search in a Bible for occurrences of a Biblical person. Has anyone worked out the syntax for this?

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,009

    I assume you mean person names in general:-

    In Logos Greek Morphology it is an Indeclinable + Proper Noun  (this will pick up geographic names)

    In the Andersen-Forbes Hebrew/Aramaic Morphology it is  Noun + Proper + Human

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  • Mark Barnes
    Mark Barnes Member Posts: 15,432 ✭✭✭

    No, sorry. I meant is it possible to search using the Biblical Person tagging? I would expect there to be a "Search this resource" on the right click menu, but there isn't.

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,009

    If it were a "tag" the Search Fields in a Bible's Resource Information would indicate this (or the Search Fields drop-down in 4.0c's Search). Even if it were I doubt there would any advantage over searching with the Selection (top of your example). 

    The recognition of Peter as a proper human name or Biblical Person must be done internally as the results of a Topic search are provided in the context menu. Ditto for Places.

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  • ab360
    ab360 Member Posts: 7 ✭✭

    is it possible to search using the Biblical Person tagging?

    I'm trying to figure this out as well, and take it further.  I'd like to list every Person tagged in a bible range (i.e., the Gospel of Mark).  In the year since this was first posted, you have you come across any helpful search syntax?

    Thanks,

    Adam

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,009

    AdamB said:

    In the year since this was first posted, you have you come across any helpful search syntax?

    See http://community.logos.com/forums/p/9404/292868.aspx#292868

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  • spitzerpl
    spitzerpl Member Posts: 4,998 ✭✭✭

    AdamB said:

    I'd like to list every Person tagged in a bible range (i.e., the Gospel of Mark).

    Open a passage guide with no sections in it (create a custom guide and don't put anything into it). Set the range for Mark 1-16. In the upper right add the "Biblical People" Section.

  • Milford Charles Murray
    Milford Charles Murray Member Posts: 5,004 ✭✭✭

    AdamB said:

    I'd like to list every Person tagged in a bible range (i.e., the Gospel of Mark).

    Open a passage guide with no sections in it (create a custom guide and don't put anything into it). Set the range for Mark 1-16. In the upper right add the "Biblical People" Section.

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