Strongs Numbers - Resource?

Hey,

I have Interlinears switch on in my Bible at the bottom and one of the things I use regularly is the Stong's numbers to look up what the Greek word means.

When I click on the number it brings up 'A Dictionary a Biblical Languages' (Swanson) which I set when I first installed Logos.

However since then I have upgraded to Baptist Silver and may have a better resource, however I'm not sure. What recommendations what you have for me, and is there something amazing I should purchase to replace DBL if I don't already have it?

Many thanks,

Matt

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Matt Leonard

In thinking more about this, can I replace DBL with

'New Strong's Dictionary of Hebrew and Greek Words'

'Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words'

Are they all doing the same job, ie working off the Strongs numbers when I was the Interlinear at the bottom of my bible?

Also, as with my first post, is one of these better or would you recommend another resource for understanding the meaning of Greek words?

Many thanks,

Matt

MJ. Smith

If you have a reverse interlinear on at the bottom, ditch Strong's and use the lemma to access your preferred dictionary.

Matt Leonard

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1246128#Comment_1246128

Hi MJ,

Thank you for your post.

This is what I'm seeing at the bottom, is there something else I need to switch on?

In His Grace,

Matt

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1246129#Comment_1246129

1. right click on word

2. select lemma

3. choose lexicon to open

4. read lexicon

or same directions

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

What recommendations what you have for me, and is there something amazing I should purchase to replace DBL if I don't already have it?

Thread => searching strong's numbers started in Jun 2011 whose discussion shows prioritizing lexicons without Strongs numbers before lexicons with Strongs numbers => https://community.logos.com/forums/p/35136/264941.aspx#264941 (so right click in a Bible having Reverse Interlinear with Strongs numbers allows lemma selection to show 5 lexicons & Strongs selection to show 5 other lexicons).

Search by original language headword (lemma) finds entries in lexicons that have both language headwords & Strongs numbers.

FWIW: my Logos library has one lexicon (a Strong's dictionary with concise definitions) that only has Strongs numbers indexed. Most of the lexicons in my Logos library have original language headword (lemma) indexing while relatively few have Strongs numbers.

I have Interlinears switch on in my Bible at the bottom and one of the things I use regularly is the Stong's numbers to look up what the Greek word means.

Greek Strong's numbers are assigned to original language lemma's used in the New Testament. Another lexicon to consider is Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains as one lemma (Strong's number) can have more than one Louw-Nida number (reflecting Louw-Nida assessment of contextual meaning).

Greek has many words in extra-biblical literature: e.g. The Didache (Teaching of the 12 Apostles) has headword:διαφορά OR lemma.g:διαφορά that also appears in the Greek Septuagint, but was NOT used in the New Testament (so does NOT have a Strong's number).

διαφορά, ἡ, (διαφέρω) moving hither and thither, πεσσῶν διαφοραί moves, E.Fr.360.9.

2. dislocation, τοῦ ὤμου Heliod.ap.Orib.49.8.4, 49.9 tit.

II. difference, Th.3.10 (pl.), etc.; περί τι D.H. Comp.15; θεοῦ πρὸς ἄνθρωπον Plu.2.1075c; διαφορὰν ἔχειν to differ, Men.426.

2. in Logic, the differentia of a species, ἐκ τοῦ γένους καὶ τῶν διαφορῶν τὰ εἴδη Arist.Metaph.1057^b7, cf. Top.139^a29: hence in pl. of species or kinds, Id.Pol.1285^a1, 1289^a20, Thphr.HP6.4.5; εἴδη καὶ δ. Plu.2.719e; also κατὰ διαφορὰν ποιός Stoic.2.128, al.

III. variance, disagreement, Hdt.1.1; δ. ἔχειν τινί E.Med.75: pl., τὰς διαφορὰς διαιρέειν, καταλαμβάνειν, settle the differences, Hdt.4.23, 7.9.β ́; δ. θέσθαι καλῶς And.1.140; διαφοραὶ πρός τινας Pl.Phdr.231b; δ. πρὸς ἀλλήλους περί τινος Lys.25.10; ἐν δ. καταστῆναί τινι Antipho 1.1; δ. φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ ποιητικῇ Pl.R.607b.

IV. distinction, excellence, Id.Ti.23a; ναυπηγίας Plb.1.51.4.

V. advantage, profit, Antipho 2.3.3; πᾶν τὸ πῖπτον εῖς διαφορᾶς λόγον, valuables, Agatharch.102.

VI. vote, division, in an assembly, δ. ποιήσασθαι IG12(2).526^a18 (Eresus).

VII. perh. deficit, PEnteux.27.10 (iii b.c.).

VIII. δ. διανοίας being beside oneself, Dsc.Ther.7.

Henry George Liddell et al., A Greek-English Lexicon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996), 418.

Liddell and Scott Greek–English Lexicon (LSJ) is included in Logos 7 & Logos 8 Silver legacy libraries.

διαφορά, ᾶς, ἡ

the state or relation of being different, freq. in ref. to worth, difference (s. διαφέρω 3; Thu. et al.; UPZ 110, 96 [164 b.c.]; pap; Sir Prol., ln. 26; 1 Macc 3:18; Wsd 7:20; TestAbr A 5 p. 82, 4 [Stone p. 12] τὴν δ. τῆς ὁμιλίας ‘worthwhile conversation’ [cp. Just., A I, 21, 4] εἰς δ. καὶ προτροπὴν τῶν ἐκπαιδευομένων ‘for the improvement and encouragement of the young’; Tat.; Ath., R. 76, 20) δ. πολλή a great difference (Jos., Vi. 2; cp. Philo, Op. M. 134) B 18:1; D 1:1.

• [διαφο]|ρά τε πολλὴ [μεταξὺ]| τῶν ἀφθάρ[τ]ω̣[ν] (there exists) a great difference[between] the incorruptible things Ox 1081, 3–5 (restored after Coptic SJCh 89, 1f).

• μεταξύ τινος καὶ ἄλλου betw. someone and another MPol 16:1.

• μὴ εἰδότ[ες τὴν διά]|φ[ο]ραν τα[ύτην ἀπέ]|θα̣νον̣(restoration of Ox 1081, 22–24 by Till based on Coptic SJCh 89, 19–20) inasmuch as (erring human beings) did not recognize this distinction (between the transitory and the intransitory), they died.

• —DELG, and Frisk s.v. φέρω.

• M-M s.v. διάφορος.

William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 239.

BDAG lexicon (included with larger base packages) has Greek definitions from many sources. A number of definitions include scripture verse(s) as an example.

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Matt Leonard

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1246146#Comment_1246146

Thank you for everyones help.

Which resource would people recommend?

I saw MJ, you had BDAG, is that better than DBL ?

Many thanks,

Matt

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1246169#Comment_1246169

I saw MJ, you had BDAG, is that better than DBL ?

IMHO it is a better choice even if BDAG is regarded as more scholarly. I find DBL Greek to be more readable as it concentrates on the Greek of the NT.