Add specificity to lemma section of Bible Word Study guide

MJ. Smith
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edited November 21 in English Feedback
There are a number of data items for a Bible word that are found through the lexicon i.e. Logos has not segregated them separate data items:
1. derivation of the word/deconstruction of the words parts - prefixes, suffixes, infixes
2. homographs (homoglyphs) of the word
3. cognates
4. synonyms/antonyms
5. semantic domain
6. conjugation and declension class
7. case frame or valence
8. etymology . . . etc.

I suggest that either the additional information be added to the BWS or, preferably, that the lexicon results be within (overlapping) categories:
1. Actual usage lexicons
2. Analytical lexicons
3. Collation lexicons
4. Etymology lexicons
5. Historical lexicons
6. Semantic domain lexicons
7. Special purpose lexicons e.g. semantic role/case-frame lexicon
8. Student lexicon
9. Thematic lexicon
10. Theological lexicon

In both the additional information and the classification of lexicons, seminary professors may well offer more refined suggestions.

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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