Verbum Tip 5h: Bible Search -- search fields

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Answer: Homework: Search 14

Find all mentions of adultery in the ethical decalogue.

No result? Searches often fail because human memory fails. The commandments use the term “covet” making adultery implicitly but not explicitly mentioned.

Answer: Homework: Search 15

Find all mentions of altars in the Priestly code.

But shouldn’t one use <sense nnnn>? Yes, one needs to be aware of precisely what you asked of the search, but here it makes no difference.

Bible Search – limiting by field

From Verbum Help:

[quote]Search Fields

Limit a search by particular search text that is marked with one of these fields by adding one of these field names before the search term with a colon. (E.g. author:Newman only finds the search term "Newman" when it is in text marked with the “Author” field.)

•     abbreviated — Morphology specifies use of an abbreviated form (used only with various numerals).

•     abbrevpop — The text of the pop-up indicator for an abbreviation, and the text of the abbreviation pop-up itself.

•     add — Text denoted by a symbol indicating insertions.

•     addmean — Additional phases of meaning included in the original word, phrase, or clause of the original language.

•     addtext — Is either familiar passages not adequately supported by the original manuscripts or words not appearing in the original language added to connect meaning for English readers.

•     aeolic — Morphology specifies use of the Aeolic dialect.

•     ambiguous — Ambiguous morphological form of a word. Ambiguous form implies no preferred form for the current word.

•     apocopated — Morphology specifies use of an apocopated form.

•     apparatus — Entries from the textual apparatus and the segmentation apparatus.

•     appindic — The text of an apparatus indicator, and the apparatus note itself if that note is a popup.

•     artauthor — The author of an article or review, rather than the author of a work under review.

•     attic — Morphology specifies use of the Attic dialect.

•     author — Authors cited or discussed.

•     base — Stem form.

•     bhsform — The text of the Hebrew Bible as written in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (when it differs from the text to be read).

•     bible — The actual text of the Bible verses, without introductions, headings, etc.

•     bull — Text denoted by a symbol indicating orthographic (spelling) variants.

•     chufat — Church Fathers.

•     citation — Citation.

•     city — A city name.

•     clrfywrds — Justified clarifying words or comments not actually expressed in the immediate original text, as well as definitions of Hebrew and Greek names.

•     code-example — Examples of program code, typically occurring in documentation resources.

•     collection — Collection title.

•     colon — Text indicating variant punctuation.

•     color — Liturgical color.

•     comment — Descriptions and comments concerning the translated manuscript or inscription.

•     content — The text of the original content of this resource, without headings, translators’ notes, etc.

•     contributor — A contributor to a song, such as the lyricist or composer.

•     copyright — Copyright information for an image or media element.

•     crasis — Morphological form when two words merge together to form a crasis or conjunction.

•     credit — Credit information for an image or media element.

•     crossref — The text of the pop-up indicator for a cross-reference, and the text of the reference itself.

•     date — A calendar date.

•     dateofpub — Date published.

•     day — The title of a day, such as a Sunday or feast day, in a liturgical calendar.

•     description — The description of an object, usually an image or media element.

•     dewey — Dewey Decimal Number.

•     disputed-passage — Text that is disputed, especially concerning its authenticity or its inclusion a particular corpus.

•     dynasty — The dynasty in which the manuscript or inscription was composed.

•     earlyver — Early versions.

•     editions — Editions.

•     editor — Editor.

•     emend — The word or words are a textual emendation.

•     etymology — Descriptions of the linguistic history and development of a particular word or phrase.

•     extdef — Extended definition of a given lemma.

•     fath — Church Fathers.

•     footnote — Text that appears in a footnote.

•     form — Manuscript form of an interlinear word.

•     formeq — A formal equivalent or gloss of a given lemma.

•     generalnote — The text of the pop-up indicator for a note, and the text of the note itself.

•     gloss — In a dictionary of lexicon, a brief explanation or definition of a word or phrase.

•     heading — The text of book, chapter, and pericope headings.

•     headtitle — The text of book, chapter and pericope headings.

•     id — The ID of a song in a collection.

•     inflected — Inflected form.

•     inv — In volume.

•     irregular — Morphology specifies use of an irregular form.

•     isbn — ISBN Number.

•     issn — ISSN Number.

•     ketiv — The text of the Hebrew Bible that is written when it differs from the text to be read.

•     language — Language.

•     largetext — Allows search of headings and such.

•     later-addition — Text that is considered to be a later addition to earlier manuscripts.

•     latin — Latin manuscript.

•     lect — Lectionary manuscript.

•     lectionaries — Lectionaries.

•     lemma — Text that appears in its dictionary form.

•     lexeme — Lexical form.

•     lexval — Translation of a lexical form of a word.

•     literal — Literal translation of an ancient language word or phrase.

•     livre — Publication title.

•     livretype — Publication type.

•     lmanu — Latin manuscript.

•     location — The location of the manuscript or inscription.

•     lxx — Text of the Septuagint Greek Old Testament.

•     lyrics — The lyrics of a song.

•     mainline — The reading selected by the editors as the main line in places where variant readings exist.

•     middle-significance — Morphology specifies use of a form with middle significance.

•     mini — Miniscule manuscript.

•     miniscules — Miniscules.

•     modernized — Modernized spellings of the original text.

•     modlang — Modern language translation of the Greek New Testament cited in Discourse Segmentation Apparatus.

•     morphcode — Morphological code derived from the SEDRA 3 database.

•     mscule — Miniscule manuscript.

•     mt — Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Old Testament.

•     negapp — Apparatus entries with readings that vary from the text proper.

•     nothing — Text that is purely informational and does not contain an apparatus indicator as such.

•     omit — Text denoted by symbols indicating omissions, either single words or groups of words.

•     original — John Knox’s original text, as spelled in eighteenth-century Scottish.

•     ot-quote — Text from the Old Testament Bible quoted in the New Testament.

•     pages — Pages.

•     papy — Papyrus manuscript.

•     paralleltitle — Parallel title.

•     part-of-speech — Grammatical part of speech designation for a dictionary of lexicon headword.

•     particle-attached — Morphology specifies use of a form with a particle attached (with relative pronoun).

•     periodical — Periodical title.

•     pernote — Text that appears in a pericope note.

•     pmt — The primary morphological tag for a given word.

•     possapp — Apparatus entries that support the reading found in the text proper.

•     primary-reading — Tischendorf’s Primary Reading.

•     pronunciation — Text which details the exact phonetic pronunciation of a particular word or phrase.

•     prosody — Prosodial remarks.

•     qere — The text of the Hebrew Bible that is to be read when it differs from the text that was written.

•     ran — Text denoted by symbols indicating replacements (being either single words or groups of words).

•     rauthor — The author of a review rather than the author of the work under review.

•     reading — A Scripture reading in a lectionary.

•     reconst — Theoretical reconstruction of the Hebrew source document for the Septuagint Greek Old Testament.

•     reflex — Inflected form of a given word associated with its lemma for lookup purposes.

•     region — A country or tribal area or some other generic geographic region.

•     review — The title of the work under review.

•     root — The root form.

•     rtitle — The title of the work under review.

•     season — A liturgical season such as Advent or Easter.

•     standards — Text that should be interpreted as a standard to be followed. (E.g. a markup standard or a visual standard)

•     subtitle — Subtitle.

•     supp — The word or words are supplied for sake of clearness.

•     surface — Text that is visible using default view settings; in interlinears, the top line using default view settings.

•     tag — Tags for an image or media element.

•     title — The title of an object, usually an image or media element.

•     topic — Topics.

•     topiclevel — Topic level.

•     totalpages — Total number of pages.

•     trans — Text denoted by symbols indicating transpositions.

•     transeq — Suggested translation equivalent of a Greek quotation.

•     transitive — Morphology specifies use of a transitive form.

•     translation — Listings of how an ancient language word is translated in other documents.

•     transnote — The text of the pop-up indicator for a translator’s note, and the text of the note itself.

•     tune — The tune of a song.

•     txt — The list of witnesses supporting the text of this edition. It always occurs as the last member of a group of readings or variation unit.

•     uncial — Uncial manuscript.

•     uncials — Uncials.

•     used-as — Instances where a morphological form is being used for a different function than the actual form. (E.g.  nominative “used as” vocative)

•     variant — Variant morphological form of a word.

•     varline — A variant reading.

•     varunit — A unit that is treated as a variation unit within the apparatus.

•     ver — Early versions.

•     versions — Version.

•     words-of-christ — Text considered to be the words of Christ, traditionally the “red-letter” text.

•     xrefs — Cross references.

•     year — Lectionary year.

Language fields

•     aramaic — Aramaic, spelled with Hebrew square characters. Use syriac for later alphabets.

•     chinese — Chinese, simplified and traditional.

•     coptic — Coptic.

•     czech — Czech.

•     dutch — Dutch.

•     english — English.

•     french — French.

•     german — German.

•     greek — Greek.

•     hebrew — Hebrew.

•     italian — Italian.

•     latin — Latin.

•     portuguese — Portuguese.

•     translit — Transliterated characters, that is, non-Roman languages spelled with Roman characters.

•     spanish — Spanish.

•     syriac — Syriac.^[1]

While this list is sufficient for most Basic Searches, there are additional values that are used in Bibles. In my library, Bible have the following fields determined by:

• Create a Bible search
• Select all Bibles (type:Bible)
• Select all passages
• Open drop down field selection menu – it shows only fields available in my library for Bibles.

List of Bible fields

Field	Abbreviation	Definition	Language	Example Bible
Abbreviated Form	abbreviated	Morphology specifies use of an abbreviated form (used only with various numerals).	Greek	Elzevir
Abbreviation Pop-up	abbrevpop	The text of the pop-up indicator for an abbreviation, and the text of the abbreviation pop-up itself		Y
Additional Meaning	addmean	Additional phrases of meaning included in the original word, phrase, or clause of the original language.		AMP
Additional Text	addtext	Either: familiar passages not adequatedly supported by the original manuscripts or words not appearing in the original language added to connect meaning for English readers.		AMP
Aeolic Greek	aeolic	Morphology specifies use of the Aeolic dialect.	Greek	Elzevir
Ambiguous Text	ambiguous	Ambiguous morphological form of a word. Ambiguous form implies no preferred form for the current word.	Greek	AGNT
Apocopated Form	apocopated	Morphology specifies use of an apocopated form.	Greek	Elzevir
Apparatus Indicator	appindic	The text of an apparatus indicator, the apparatus note itself if that note is a pop-up.	Hebrew	BHQ
Attached Particle Form		Morphology specifies use of a form with a particle attached (with relative pronoun).	Greek	Elzevir
Attic Greek	attic	Morphology specifies use of the Attic dialect.	Greek	Elzevir
Author	author	The author of an article or other section in a book or journal.		NJBCT
BHS Form	bhsform	The text of the Hebrew Bible as written in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (when it differs from the text to be read).	Hebrew	BHS SESB
Bible Text	bible	The actual text of the Bible verses, without introductions, headings, etc.		NRSV
Chapter Number		The numbers or letters used to denote the start of a new chapter.		Geneva
Clarifying Words	clrfywrds	Justified clarifying words or comments not actually expressed in the immediate original text, as well as definitions of Hebrew and Greek names.		AMPM
Crasis	crasis	Morphological form when two words merge together to forma crasis or conjunction.	Greek	AGNT
Credit	credit	Credit information for an image or media element.		EOB: NT
Cross Reference	crossref	The text of the pop-up indicator for a cross-reference, and the text of the reference itself.		NET
Disputed Passage	disputed-passage	Text that is disputer, especially concerning its authenticity or its inclusion in a particular corpus.	Greek	AGNT
Emendation	emend	The word or words are a textual emendation.		CHASAOT
Footnote Text	footnote	Text that appears in a footnote		NRSV
General Note	generalnote	The text of the pop-up indicator for a note, and the text of the note itself.		JPS
Gloss Text	gloss	In a dictionary or lexicon, a brief explanation or definition of a word of phrase.		AFAT
Heading Text	heading; headtitle	The text of book, chapter, and pericope headings		NRSV
Irregular Form	irregular	Morphology specifies use of an irregular form.	Greek	Elzevir
Kethiv Text	ketiv	The text of the Hebrew Bible that is written when it differs from the text to be read.	Hebrew	BHS SESB
Large Text	largetext	Large text.		NRSV
Later Textual Addition	later-addition	Text that is considered to be a later addition to earlier manuscripts.	Greek	AGNT
Lemma Text	lemma	Text that appears in its dictionary form.	Hebrew	DSSI
Lexical Value	lexval	Translation of a lexical form of a word	Greek	LGNTI:SBL
Literal Translation	literal	Literal translation of an ancient language word or phrase	Greek	USB4 Int.
Main Text Line	mainline	The reading selected by the editors as the main line in places where variant readings exist.	Aramaic	TgEsth1
Manuscript Form		Manuscript form of an interlinear word.	Hebrew	DSSI
Masoretic Text	mt	Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Old Testament	Hebrew	LXX/MT Parallel
Middle Significance Form	middle-significance	Morphology specifies use of a form with middle significance.	Greek	Elzevir
Morph Code	morphcode	Morphological code derived from the SEDRA 3 database	Syriac	Peshitta
Negative Apparatus Text	negapp	Apparatus entries with readings that vary from the text proper.	Greek	SBLGNT
OT Quotation	ot-quote	Test from the Old Testament quoted in the New Testament	Greek	AGNT
Paragraph Marks		The paragraph marks petuha and setuma as well as the inverted nun.	Hebrew	BHW
Part of Speech	part-of-speech	Grammatical part of speech designation for a dictionary or lexicon headword.		AV
Positive Apparatus Text	possapp	Apparatus entries that support the reading found in the text proper.	Greek	SBLGNT
Primary Morph	pmt	The primary morphological tag for a given word.	Greek	Elzevir
Qere Text	qere	The text of the Hebrew Bible that is to be read when it differs from the text that was written.	Hebrew	BHS SESB
Reconstruction	reconst	Theoretical reconstruction of the Hebrew source document for the Septuagint Greek Old Testament.	Hebrew	LXX/MT Parallel
Root Form	root	The root form	Syriac	Peshitta
Septuagint	lxx	Text of the Septuagint	Greek	LXX/MT Parallel
Stem Form		Stem Form		LUT84
Supplementary Material	supp	The word or words are supplied for the sake of clearness		CHASAOT
Surface Text	surface	Text that is visible using default view settings; in interlinears, the top line using default view settings		NJB
Tag	tag	Tags for an image or media element		NET
Title	title	The title of an object, usually an image or media element		NET
Transitive Form	transitive	Morphology specifies use of a transitive form.	Greek	Elzevir
Translator’s Note	transnote	The text of the pop-up indicator for a translator’s note, and the text of the note itself.		NRSV
Uncial Greek	uncial	Uncial Manuscript	Greek	NA28 GBS
Used As	used-as	Instances where a morphological form is being used for a different function that the actual form; eg., Nominative “used as” Vocative	Greek	PATR
Variant Reading	variant	Variant morphological form of a word. A variant form implies that the primary or first-listed form for the current word is preferred to the variant.	Greek	Elzevir
Variant Text Line	varline	A variant reading	Aramaic	FrTgP
Variation Unit	varunit	A unit that is treated as a variation unit within the apparatus	Greek	SBLGNT
Verse Number		The numbers or letters used to denote the start of a new verse.		JPS
Words of Christ	words-of-christ	Text considered to be the Words of Christ, traditionally the “red-letter” text.		NRSV

 

How to know what fields apply to what resource.

• Open the Information Panel for a resource:
  • In the Panel Menu, select Information
  • In the Library Menu, select Information (circled i)
  • Expand Search Fields section

Search with fields.

Search 16: Find where Jesus says “arise” using the field notation for Word of Christ.

Note the results are the same whether I constraint the entire search via the drop-down menu or constraint only the search term “arise”.

These are the same results as one gets by going through the template “A person speaks about something.”

Search 17: Find English Bibles that have Ps 4:8 used as a cross-reference.

The resources were set to a temporary collection using the rule “type:Bible lang:English”. The mouse over shows how verse mapping allows Ps 4:8 to be matched to Ps 4:9 in translations that count the heading as a verse.

Search 18: Find pericope headings in the NRSV that mention Abraham.

Again, either method of restricting by the field works. Here I had to switch to a Basic search to get results.

No homework. Practice based on your own interests.

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^[1] Verbum Help (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2018).