Search operator AND

Paul R McCuistion

Is there a way to limit the AND search outside of biblical text so that the criteria appear together and not spread out throughout the resource. For instance, I searched for prophet AND covenant and this is what I got in one of the resources (I underlined what was highlighted by the search since the highlights do not copy):

The thorah is indeed also a prophetical work, since Moses, the mediator through whom the law was revealed, was for that very reason a prophet without an equal (Deut. 34:10); and even the final codification of the great historical law-book possessed a prophetical character (Ezra 9:11). But it would not have been right to include the thorah (Pentateuch) in that portion of the canon which is designated as “the prophets” (nebiim), inasmuch as, although similar in character, it is not similar in rank to the other prophetical books. It stands by itself as perfectly unique—the original record which regulated on all sides the being and life of Israel as the chosen nation, and to which all other prophecy in Israel stood in a derivative relation. And this applies not to prophecy alone, but to all the later writings. The thorah was not only the type of the prophetic histories, but of the non-prophetic, the priestly, political, and popular histories also. The former followed the Jehovistic or Deuteronomic type, and the latter the Elohistic. The thorah unites the prophetical and (so to speak) hagiographical styles of historical composition in a manner which is peculiar to itself, and not to be met with in any of the works included among the נביאים ראשנים. (Keil, C. F., & Delitzsch, F. 2002. Commentary on the Old Testament. Vol. 7 (1). Hendrickson: Peabody, MA)

This is not what I would expect with an AND search. I would expect a text where the two words were in close proximity. Is there a place to set the proximity? How do I control the AND?

steve clark

Hi Paul,

You should try to use the Proximity operators instead of the Boolean operator (AND). There is a nice wiki page article which covers this: Proximity Operators

Also it is helpful to understand the ranges that are used with the different search methods:

Basic will search Bibles within a whole chapter for your search terms
While Bible search will search only a verse for your search terms.

Todd Phillips

Searches are by section in the Basic search and by verse in the Bible search, so the AND operator with return matches if the words are found anywhere in the corresponding section or verse.

You can learn more about the search operators in the wiki:  http://wiki.logos.com/Search_HELP

I've reproduced the relevant section on the proximity operators here:

4. (Proximity) BEFORE, AFTER, WITHIN, NEAR

eg. Jesus BEFORE Christ, Jesus NEAR Christ, Jesus WITHIN 4 Words Christ
Note You can’t use proximity operators in combination with logical operators (see 6. Lists).