Bible Sense Lexicon

Paul Grieve

I have read with interest Morris Proctor's post describing the use of the Bible Sense Lexicon. I do not have the Gold Base Package, as my budget will not accommodate the cost, however, surely using the Exegetical Guide serves the same purpose, using the Bible Word Study? The circular graphic lists each different translation of the Greek or Hebrew word, and by clicking on the colored section, a list of the Bible references where that translation is used, pops up. It seems to me that this is much more convenient than all the steps Morris uses for the same objective. I suspect that the only real advantage of the Bible Sense Lexicon is that the information can be exported in a spreadsheet. Any comments from those who know better than I?

Graham Criddle

Hi Paul

The circular graphic lists each different translation of the Greek or Hebrew word, and by clicking on the colored section, a list of the Bible references where that translation is used, pops up

True - but this doesn't give the "sense" of the word.

Taking the example which Morris uses "complete" then the BWS shows that the underlying word is translated 5 different ways in the LEB

The search which Morris does shows that the word takes on the following senses:

So it is providing an extra level of insight than simply the translation (assuming that all the tagging is correct but that's a different matter!)

Does that make sense?

Graham