key words in passage selection

Andrew
Andrew Member Posts: 80 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Do I recall correctly that Logos has a feature that shows the key words in a specified book or passage? As I prepare an overview of 1 Thessalonians, I want to know what the key words are: how many times does "hope" appear, "joy," "appearing?" Is there any way for Logos to show me this? Are other words more frequent that I haven't thought of ("crown?"). I don't want to ask Logos about a certain word or theme, I'd like Logos to tell me which words appear most frequently. I seem to recall being surprised as the software will see / count / perceive things I may not notice or have thought of to my ignorance or bias. 

Hope someone can help!

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,880

    Have a look at Important Words to see if that is what you want. It is based on original language words, but you can see the words in your preferred bible. Click a word for a Bible Word Study, which you can then restrict to your passage for frequency and see how it is translated in other bibles. Hover  on Lemma in Passage for frequency in the bible, but run a Word List on the passage to compare the frequency of different words (it won't be restricted to important words). 

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  • NB.Mick
    NB.Mick MVP Posts: 16,052

    Andrew said:

    Do I recall correctly that Logos has a feature that shows the key words in a specified book or passage? As I prepare an overview of 1 Thessalonians, I want to know what the key words are: how many times does "hope" appear, "joy," "appearing?" Is there any way for Logos to show me this? Are other words more frequent that I haven't thought of ("crown?"). I don't want to ask Logos about a certain word or theme, I'd like Logos to tell me which words appear most frequently.

    I'd use the concordance tool for this.

    Have joy in the Lord! Smile

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 13,817 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1111327#Comment_1111327

    I wouldn't mix 'key' and simple frequency counts. There's quite a few 'key' words, both theology-based and context-based that are surprisingly  infrequent but 'key'.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)
    Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) MVP Posts: 23,137

    Andrew said:

    As I prepare an overview of 1 Thessalonians, I want to know what the key words are: ...

    A key thought in Greek is imperative (command) verbs used in 1 Thessalonians, which can be found using Morph Search:

    @V??M

    My favorite feature is Visual Filter Highlighting so can "see" range of Greek Verbal expression (by highlighting morphological use). Logos wiki has => https://wiki.logos.com/Extended_Tips_for_Highlighting_and_Visual_Filters#Examples_of_visual_filters

    Keep Smiling [:)]

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