Unable to search Greek lemma across NA28 and LXX?

Christopher powers
Christopher powers Member Posts: 18 ✭✭
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Hi there,

I'd like to use Logos as my main study app, but I'm finding it challenging to do the basic things I use every day via the website, Biblearc.

For instance, I was reading the LXX (I only have Swete's version) of Genesis and noticed that the word for 'food' in 3:6 (the tree of knowledge was 'good for food') is βρῶσις.

Seeing this, I thought, 'hang on, that's the same word Jesus uses to describe His flesh in John 6.' However, in running a word search on βρῶσις from the LXX, I only found all the instances of that word in the LXX. I clicked the 'Add version' drop down and added the NA28. Nothing.

Was I wrong? No, I was pretty sure it was the same word. I went into my Greek NT and checked and, indeed, there was βρῶσις.

So, I tried searching the word from the NT, adding in the LXX as an 'added version.' However, this time no results showed up in the LXX!

So, I know the word appears multiple times in both texts, but for some reason, I'm unable to search for the word across them both. I'm sure Logos can do this…What am I missing?

Over at Biblearc its as simple as right clicking on the word in either the LXX or NT—it instantly shows you how many uses a word has in either text and you can search them all from there.

Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you!

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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,009

    Seeing this, I thought, 'hang on, that's the same word Jesus uses to describe His flesh in John 6.' However, in running a word search on βρῶσις from the LXX, I only found all the instances of that word in the LXX. I clicked the 'Add version' drop down and added the NA28. Nothing.

    You should see what you are looking for in the Translation segment of the Bible Word Study Guide

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