Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary OT NT Words Index omission?

Kristine Lewis

I am working with setting up advanced prioritization for NT lexicons (drinking multiple cups of coffee), trying different strategies, and noticed that Mounce entries contain Greek Strong's Number, but Greek Strong's Number is not listed as one of the indexes in book info for Mounce.  Shouldn't it be? 

For example, below, in entry for φύσις , [5449] is a Greek Strong's Number.

[5882] φύσις physis 14× essence, Gal. 4:8; native condition, birth, Rom. 2:27; 11:21, 24; Gal. 2:15; Eph. 2:3; native species, kind, Jas. 3:7; nature, natural frame, 2 Pet. 1:4; nature, native instinct, Rom. 2:14; 1 Cor. 11:14; nature, prescribed course of nature, Rom. 1:26* [5449] See kind; natural condition; nature.

Mounce, W. D. (2006). Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words (pp. 1307–1308). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

 

Dave Hooton

Shouldn't it be? 

Not necessarily. The primary index is Greek/Hebrew GK number e.g. [5882] from your post, similar to the DBL lexicons which are also indexed for Strong's numbers. So there is a case for Mounce being similarly indexed. But it creates complexities for prioritization similar to the DBL lexicons e.g. if you want Enhanced Strong's Lexicon (ESL) as your #1 for Strong's numbers but Mounce has a higher priority.