Greek thesaurus?

I recently did a brief word study comparing oida and ginosko, and phileo and agape in some Greek lexicons. I noticed the Word Study New Testament Dictionary had a section giving synonyms. Is there the equivalent of a thesaurus for Koine Greek? Or does anyone have suggestions on how to locate and define differences between Greek words that are generally translated by the same English word? Or just as we notice them.

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Todd Phillips

Or does anyone have suggestions on how to locate and define differences between Greek words that are generally translated by the same English word

The English index of the Louw-Nida lexicon can help you with this (here I'm using it with power lookup):

Also, expository dictionaries like Vine's or Mounce's can do the same thing: http://www.logos.com/search?q=expository+dictionary
They have an English headword and discuss the various Greek words that might be used.

Scott Sanjay Hayes

Also try "Synonyms of The New Testament" by Richard Trench. http://www.logos.com/product/6553/synonyms-of-the-new-testament

Jeremy Korodaj

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/290034#Comment_290034

I personally have made a collection named "synonyms" it includes the said above (Complete WordStudy Dictionary, as well as Vine, Mounce and Trench [Trench being the main book to distinguish between nuances of Greek synonyms])

Also available which I have in my collection are:

- "A Treasury of New Testament Synonyms" by Stewart Custer

- "Wuest's Word Studies in the Greek New Testament" by Kenneth S. Wuest can be helpful

since this collection is not that big, I use it for Greek, Hebrew, and English synonyms:

OT/Hebrew: "Synonyms of the Old Testament" by Robert Baker Girdelstone

English: "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus"

If anyone else find other books which distinguish between Greek or Hebrew words which are "synonymous" I would like to know as well (obviously I'm not talking about just being a dictionary, but actual discussion in the resource about the difference between X & Y, and)