How to find references to "God" that are not God the Father

Harry Hahne
Harry Hahne Member Posts: 911
edited November 21 in English Forum

The "person" tag allows searching for "God". It is not clear to me whether this tag means "God" in a general sense of specifically God the Father. I could not find any person tag that was specifically for God the Father.

My purpose is to create a Visual Filter for the three persons of the Trinity. I set up 3 colors for each of these Bible search criteria:

  • person:God
  • person:Jesus
  • person:"Holy Spirit"

Will this cover all of the persons of the Trinity? Are there other tags for Jesus that I should use?

I there a way to find references to God that are not referring to God the Father or are all references to God assumed to be the Father?

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  • Harry Hahne
    Harry Hahne Member Posts: 911

    If I enter "person:God", the pick list offers the following choices for the persons of the Trinity:

    • God (supernatural being)
    • Holy Spirit (supernatural being)
    • Jesus (supernatural being)

    Does this mean that "God (supernatural being)" refers to God the Father?

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 32,454

    or are all references to God assumed to be the Father?

    In terms of tagging I believe this is the case

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,674

    • person:God
    • person:Jesus
    • person:"Holy Spirit"

    Will this cover all of the persons of the Trinity? Are there other tags for Jesus that I should use?

    person:Christ

    You will see tagging of the one person for both God/Christ or Jesus/Christ as well as unique occurrences for Christ.

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Harry Hahne
    Harry Hahne Member Posts: 911

    • person:God
    • person:Jesus
    • person:"Holy Spirit"

    Will this cover all of the persons of the Trinity? Are there other tags for Jesus that I should use?

    person:Christ

    You will see tagging of the one person for both God/Christ or Jesus/Christ as well as unique occurrences for Christ.

    So, do you recommend changing my Visual Filter to:

    • person:God
    • person:Jesus OR person:Christ
    • person:"Holy Spirit"

    Are there any alternative tags for God the Father or the Holy Spirit?

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,674

    So, do you recommend changing my Visual Filter to:

    • person:God
    • person:Jesus OR person:Christ
    • person:"Holy Spirit"

    To avoid overlap:

    • person:God  
    • (person:Jesus OR person:Christ) NOT EQUALS person:God 
    • person:"Holy Spirit" NOT EQUALS person:God

    EDIT:  I got this wrong. You should use use INTERSECTS  instead of EQUALS.

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Harry Hahne
    Harry Hahne Member Posts: 911

    To avoid overlap:

    • person:God  
    • (person:Jesus OR person:Christ) NOT EQUALS person:God 
    • person:"Holy Spirit" NOT EQUALS person:God

    To make sure a search for "God" includes only God the Father, would it be best to use:

    • person:God NOT EQUALS (person:Jesus OR person:Christ OR person:"Holy Spirit"

    Is this the right syntax to eliminate Jesus and the Holy Spirit from a search for God?

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,674

    To make sure a search for "God" includes only God the Father, would it be best to use:

    • person:God NOT EQUALS (person:Jesus OR person:Christ OR person:"Holy Spirit"

    Correct.

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,674

    To make sure a search for "God" includes only God the Father, would it be best to use:

    • person:God NOT EQUALS (person:Jesus OR person:Christ OR person:"Holy Spirit"

    Correct.

    Sorry, i got this wrong. We should use INTERSECTS (inspect Mt 4.3, 8.29 from the EQUALS search)

    person:God NOT INTERSECTS (person:Jesus OR person:Christ OR person:"Holy Spirit")

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13