Logos parses each Koine Greek word when you hover over it.
Can someone please tell me what the LN number refers to?
Louw-Nida lexicon
See description here:
https://www.logos.com/product/199/greek-english-lexicon-of-the-new-testament-based-on-semantic-domains
Nelu ... as ST notes, the number refers to a lexicon (Lou-Nida) which is unusual ... it groups words by their used meaning (instead of alphabetically, etc). Often when you're reading, you may wish to see what is similar in meaning and where it's used.
And if you have the Bible Sense Lexicon (another row on the reverse linear 'Sense'), it also shows you similar words and where used.
And a warm welcome to the Logos forums!
[:$] Oh, no! Where are my manners?
Nelu,
I do welcome you to the forums.
If you get the lexicon it will help you group subdomains for a fast search of words that are similar in meaning e.g. a Bible Search on <LN 1.46-50> will search for words meaning hill/mountain.
Can someone please tell me what the LN number refers to? Louw-Nida lexicon See description here: https://www.logos.com/product/199/greek-english-lexicon-of-the-new-testament-based-on-semantic-domains
The Louw-Nida lexicon can be helpful as was noted when you want to check other words with a similar meaning. I would recommend, however, that you first get BDAG (Baur-Arndt-Gingrich-Danker—A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature). One reason for this is that the same word can be used in different ways so that the same word can have another somewhat different sense in another context. If you rely on the lexicon to select the sense of the word for you, you are no better off than if you were to read an English translation. Many English words function in the same way so it isn't something peculiar to Greek (or Hebrew).
Be Brave Beloved, Be Brave,
Risking bringing the wrath of the Khan upon my head. The sage and scholarly advice you have thus far been given is high-test, hi-octane, mead for the gods. Louw-Nida will set you back $39.95, not bad. But, if you have a half way decent base package you already have a serviceable resource, DBL w/ Semantic Domains. It references Louw-Nida domain numbers and gives glosses.
Here's where I will really get in trouble. BDAG will set you back at least $150.00. Now, AMG lists a resource which is part of a relatively affordable bundle and it will include a resource I still prioritize ahead of BDAG (I do now have it, but when I was a wee one I used the resource I will reference next). Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament it gives you in depth definitions just as you would expect from a dictionary. It is written by a respected bible scholar. He was not a lexicographer by training, but he was a highly skilled scholar who was practiced in both Greek and Hebrew and he authored a bible I simply adore, the Hebrew Greek Key Study Bible; it is my bible.
Be Brave Beloved, Be Brave, Risking bringing the wrath of the Khan upon my head. The sage and scholarly advice you have thus far been given is high-test, hi-octane, mead for the gods. Louw-Nida will set you back $39.95, not bad. But, if you have a half way decent base package you already have a serviceable resource, DBL w/ Semantic Domains. It references Louw-Nida domain numbers and gives glosses. Here's where I will really get in trouble. BDAG will set you back at least $150.00. Now, AMG lists a resource which is part of a relatively affordable bundle and it will include a resource I still prioritize ahead of BDAG (I do now have it, but when I was a wee one I used the resource I will reference next). Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament it gives you in depth definitions just as you would expect from a dictionary. It is written by a respected bible scholar. He was not a lexicographer by training, but he was a highly skilled scholar who was practiced in both Greek and Hebrew and he authored a bible I simply adore, the Hebrew Greek Key Study Bible; it is my bible.
