Word study loneliness

Christian Alexander
Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I am trying to do a word study on loneliness and can’t find a Greek and Hebrew term. Any suggestions?

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,877

    Simply open a BWS and enter the word loneliness ... you may need to change the translation or the word form to get answers. My results for lonely in the NRSV.

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  • Christian Alexander
    Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭

    I’m trying to find the Greek term but the only thing I can find is English 

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m trying to find the Greek term but the only thing I can find is English 

    Can you provide a screenshot of what you see when you try what MJ suggested above? The Greek words are provided in that Bible Word Study when she entered the English word.

  • David Paul
    David Paul Member Posts: 6,070 ✭✭✭

    Not knowing whether this question is inwardly (personal curiosity) or outwardly (homework assignment) motivated, I would think this question may need to be addressed thematically rather than etymologically.

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  • JBR
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    A place to start with that (a thematic approach) is by entering loneliness or lonely into Factbook. There you'll find links to articles and key passages in the Bible. Those may (and are lonely to) introduce other related words. Taking those words and doing a Bible Word Study (BWS) like MJ showed will help identify Hebrew and Greek words that you can then study.

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