Verbum Tip 1c: Data: Occurrences of Personal Name (translation)

MJ. Smith

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Method 3: Search Panel: Bible search on text argument

From Verbum Help:

Select Bible to find verses, or Basic for everything else; expand the sidebar to access premade search templates.^[1]

Setup: Open Search Panel

• Method 1: click on search icon (1).
• Method 2: drag and drop search icon (1) into desired pane.
• Method 3: right click on search icon and select from:
  • Open
  • Open in new tab
  • Open in floating window
  • Method 4: Keyboard shortcut Alt+S
  • Method 5: Choose one of the search options offered by the Universal Input Box when you enter a search argument into it,

Setup Search:

• Open Search panel (2) (see above).
• Select a Bible search (3) which will return results in verses.
• Select All Bible Text, All Passages, and NRSV (4)

• Enter the text “Abram” (1) as the search argument; hit enter.
• Ignore the Fuzzy Bible Search section (2) which is intended to find a half-remembered verse.
• Expand the Verses section (3) and note that the counts match what was seen in the Bible Word Study Textual Searches section.
• Note that the matching text (4) is highlighted in the results. It is also highlighted in the NRSV. Mouse-over previews the text i.e. repeats the results text; Click will open (or position) the NRSV to the position of the match. A moving circle directs you to the match.

 

Method 4: Search Panel à Basic search on text argument

Setup Search:

• Open Search panel (1) (see above).
• Select a Basic search (2) which will return results in pericopes (or chapters)
• Select Bible Text All Passages, and NRSV (3)

• Enter the text “Abram” (4) as the search argument; hit enter.
• Ignore the Your Personal Books section (5).
• Expand the Library (Downloaded) section (6) and note that the counts match what was seen in the Bible search. However, the Bible search provided number of verses selected while the Basic Search provides number of articles (pericopes, chapters).
• Note that the matching text (7) is highlighted in the results. It is also highlighted in the NRSV. Mouse-over previews the text i.e. repeats the results text; Click will open (or position) the NRSV to the position of the match. A moving circle directs you to the match.

Note, the Search Panel will be explored in detail in a later post.

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^[1] Verbum Help (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2018).

SineNomine

MJ. Smith said:

Note, the Search Panel will be explorer in detail in a later post.

Typo: you accidentally nouned a verb.