HELP NEEDED (and offered) Bible search datatypes

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,539
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I am trying to put together a simple, targeted chart -- datatypes that are useful in a Bible search. It deliberately leaves labels and Bible version datatypes to a separate chart. I have two questions:

  1. What Bible text/tagging datatypes have I forgotten?
  2. Are there any other columns of data that should be shown?

 Oh, yes, corrections are also appreciated.

Simple datatypes from Bible Context Menu

Datatype name

Values

Example

Extensions

Basic datatype format

<datatype operator value>

 

{Section <datatype operator value>}

{Milestone <datatype operator value>}

Bible reference

 

<BibleNRSV = Gen 11:27>

{Section <BibleNRSV = Gen 11:27>}

{Milestone <BibleNRSV = Gen 11:27>}

Text

 

text

 

Text phrase

 

“text phrase”

 

Andersen Forbes: Eissfeldt hexateuch

Source Ascription

<EissfeldtHexateuch = L>

 

Andersen Forbes: genre

 

<AndersenForbesGenre = ttl>

 

Andersen-Forbes phrase marker analysis

A Systematic Glossary to the Andersen-Forbes Analysis of the Hebrew Bible

<AndersenForbesPhraseMarkerAnalysis = cl : oblq>

 

Andersen Forbes: semantic domain

Semantic categories

<AndersenForbesSemanticDomain = vocbl>

 

Biblical entity: event

n/a

<Event God calls Abram>

 

Biblical entity: person

n/a

<Person Abraham>

{Speaker <Person God>}

{Addressee <Person Abraham>}

Biblical entity: place

n/a

<Place Haran (city)>

 

Biblical entity: thing

n/a

<Thing Stone altar>

 

Cultural concept

The Lexham Cultural Ontology Glossary

<Culture Journeying>

 

Figurative language category

Figurative Language Category

<FigurativeLanguageCategory = Meton>

{Section <FigurativeLanguageCategory = Meton>}

Figurative language term

Lexham Figurative Language of the Bible Glossary

<FigurativeLanguageTerm = Passover>

{Section <FigurativeLanguageTerm = Passover>}

Figurative language type

Figurative Language Types

<FigurativeLanguageType = Passover as Passover Meal>

{Section <FigurativeLanguageType = Passover as Passover Meal>}

Grammatical constructions: Greek

Greek Grammatical Constructions Documentation

<GrammaticalConstructions = Accusative Absolute>

{Section <GrammaticalConstructions = Accusative Absolute>}

Grammatical constructions: Hebrew

Hebrew Grammatical Constructions Documentation

<GrammaticalConstructions = Verbless Clause>

{Section <GrammaticalConstructions = Verbless Clause>}

Lemma

n/a

<Lemma ~ lbs/he/תּוֹלֵדוֹת>

 

Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament

The Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament: Glossary

<LDGNT = Comp. Frame>

 

Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible

The Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible: Glossary

<LDHB = Sentence>

 

Lexham High Definition New Testament Annotation Structure

The Lexham High Definition New Testament: Glossary

<HDNT = Near Distinction>

 

Lexham High Definition Old Testament

The Lexham High Definition Old Testament: Glossary

<HDOT = Rep.>

 

Lexham SGNT clause structure

The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament Glossary

<SGNTClause = Sentence>

 

Lexham SGNT syntactic force

The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament Glossary

<SGNTSyntacticForce = comp. sub. cl.>

{Section <SGNTSyntacticForce = comp. sub. cl.>}

Lexham Systematic Theology Ontology

Lexham Survey of Theology

<LSTO = The Abrahamic Covenant>

 

Literary typing

Lexham Glossary of Literary Types

<LiteraryTyping ~ List, Genealogy>

 

Longacre genre

Longacre Genre Analysis of the Bible Dataset Documentation

<LongacreGenre = Narr: Story>

{Section <LongacreGenre = Narr: Story>}

Louw-Nida

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains

<LouwNida = LN 64.14>

 

Morphology

n/a

<LogosMorphHeb ~ NCFPC>

<LogosMorphAram ~ NPMSA>

<LogosMorphGr ~ JDSF>

<LogosMorphLa ~ NPBPN>

<AFMorphHeb ~ NCcSFN>

<AFMorphAram ~ AgT>

<BHtMorph ~ M6?????>

<CALMorph ~ d??>

<FrMorph ~ CC>

<GrMorph ~ BS>

<LPIMorph ~ g>

<SESBMorphAram ~ V?R?????+S???>

<SemInsMorph ~ P?s+S???G?>

<SWGreekMorph ~ SG??>

<SyrMorph ~ N??c+S???E?F?Y?T?D?R?>

<ArcInsMorph ~ N????+S???G?>

<WIVUMorphAram ~ V?R?????>

<WIVUMorphHeb ~ PO>

<AramaicMorphology ~ Pg+S???E?>

 

OpenText.org syntactic structures

The OpenText.org Syntactically Analyzed Greek New Testament Glossary

<OpenTextSyntactic = Pred>

 

Preaching theme

Preaching Themes: Dataset Documentation

<PreachingTheme = Disability>

 

Propositional outline: New Testament

The Lexham Propositional Outlines Glossary

<PropositionalOutline = Genealogy>

{Section <PropositionalOutline = Genealogy>}

Propositional outline: Old Testament

The Lexham Propositional Outlines Glossary

<PropositionalOutline = Action>

{Section <PropositionalOutline = Action>}

Root

n/a

<Root ~ lbs/he/ילד>

 

Sense

Bible Sense Lexicon: Dataset Documentation

<Sense = genealogy>

 

Sentence

Sentence Types Dataset Documentation

<Sentence = Declarative>

{Section <Sentence = Declarative>}

Speech act

Speech Acts Dataset Documentation

<SpeechAct = Info: Assert>

{Section <SpeechAct = Info: Assert>}

Strong’s number

The New Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew and Greek Words

<HebrewStrongs = H8435>

<GreekStrongs = G2531>

 

 

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Comments

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,339

    A number of wikis have attempted to do this with varying degrees of success, as they are difficult to keep up to date (see those listed under See also in Morph Wiki and Personal Books). To attempt this in a single table is very ambitious, but I will offer some suggestions.

    MJ. Smith said:

    Basic datatype format  <datatype operator value>

    This should be external to the Table

    MJ. Smith said:

    Datatype name

    You have provided a description. Change the heading to reflect this, and/or provide the name from the search term e.g. EissfeldtHexateuch, GreekStrongs.

    MJ. Smith said:

    Bible reference

    There are many datatypes that complete this description. You could refer to this wiki and provide more examples.

    {Section <BibleNRSV = Gen 11:27>} is not a valid extension.

    {Milestone <BibleNRSV = Gen 11:27>} needs an explanation

    MJ. Smith said:

    Text   text

    Text phrase  “text phrase”

    These are not datatypes.

    MJ. Smith said:

    Biblical entity: event   n/a

    In absence of a Glossary of values for this (and the following Biblical entities) replace n/a with an explanation of how to obtain values from Context menu and/or a Bible Search.

    MJ. Smith said:

    Cultural concept The Lexham Cultural Ontology Glossary  <Culture Journeying>

    {Section .....} may apply to this.

    MJ. Smith said:

    Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament The Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament: Glossary

    <LDGNT = Comp. Frame>

    {Section .....} may also apply to this and the following datattypes (down to Literary Typing)

    MJ. Smith said:

    Morphology  n/a

    This covers a variety of datatypes (as with Bible).  I would explain to start with @ in a Morph Search and switch to a Bible Search to obtain the full formatting of the examples.

    The Context menu is useful for a specific search.

    Dave
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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,539

    Thank you Dave. I'm still uncertain what to call the first column which is taken mainly from the context menu but expanded when needed. I think your other suggestions were incorporated in some way. The updated version:

     

    Basics of Search Terms

    Title

    Values

    Example

    Extensions

    Generic datatype format

      -

    <datatype operator value>

    {Section <datatype operator value>}

    {Milestone <datatype operator value>}

    Bible reference

    See this wiki page for bible datatypes.

    book chapter:verse

    <Bible Gen 11:27>, <Bible = Gen 11:27>

    <BibleNRSV Gen 11:27>

    {Milestone <BibleNRSV Gen 11:27>}

    Word

     -

    believe

     n/a

    Phrase

     -

    “believe in me”

     n/a

    Datatypes from Bible Context Menu

    Description

    Values

    Example

    Extensions

    Andersen Forbes: Eissfeldt hexateuch

    from Context menu or Source Ascription

    <EissfeldtHexateuch = L>

     n/a

    Andersen Forbes: genre

    from Context menu

    <AndersenForbesGenre = ttl>

     n/a

    Andersen-Forbes phrase marker analysis

    A Systematic Glossary to the Andersen-Forbes Analysis of the Hebrew Bible

    <AndersenForbesPhraseMarkerAnalysis = cl : oblq>

     n/a

    Andersen Forbes: semantic domain

    from Context menu or Semantic categories

    <AndersenForbesSemanticDomain = vocbl>

     n/a

    Biblical entity: Event

    from Context menu

    <Event God calls Abram>

    {Section <Event God calls Abram>}

    Biblical entity: Person

    from Context menu or  Search autocomplete

    <Person Abraham>

    {Speaker <Person God>}

    {Addressee <Person Abraham>}

    Biblical entity: Place

    from Context menu or  Search autocomplete

    <Place Haran (city)>

     n/a

    Biblical entity: Thing

    from Context menu or  Search autocomplete

    <Thing Stone altar>

     n/a

    Cultural concept

    The Lexham Cultural Ontology Glossary

    <Culture Journeying>

    {Section <Culture Journeying>}

    Figurative language category

    Figurative Language Category

    <FigurativeLanguageCategory = Meton>

    {Section <FigurativeLanguageCategory = Meton>}

    Figurative language term

    Lexham Figurative Language of the Bible Glossary

    <FigurativeLanguageTerm = Passover>

    {Section <FigurativeLanguageTerm = Passover>}

    Figurative language type

    Figurative Language Types

    <FigurativeLanguageType = Passover as Passover Meal>

    {Section <FigurativeLanguageType = Passover as Passover Meal>}

    Grammatical constructions: Greek

    Greek Grammatical Constructions Documentation

    <GrammaticalConstructions = Accusative Absolute>

    {Section <GrammaticalConstructions = Accusative Absolute>}

    Grammatical constructions: Hebrew

    Hebrew Grammatical Constructions Documentation

    <GrammaticalConstructions = Verbless Clause>

    {Section <GrammaticalConstructions = Verbless Clause>}

    Lemma

    from Context menu or Morph Search transliteration

    lemma:ἀγαπάω

    <Lemma = lbs/el/ἀγαπάω>

     n/a

    Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament

    The Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament: Glossary

    <LDGNT = Comp. Frame>

    {Section <LDGNT = Comp. Frame>}

    Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible

    The Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible: Glossary

    <LDHB = Sentence>

    {Section <LDHB = Sentence>}

    Lexham High Definition New Testament Annotation Structure

    The Lexham High Definition New Testament: Glossary

    <HDNT = Near Distinction>

    {Section <HDNT = Near Distinction>}

    Lexham High Definition Old Testament

    The Lexham High Definition Old Testament: Glossary

    <HDOT = Rep.>

    {Section <HDOT = Rep.>}

    Lexham SGNT clause structure

    The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament Glossary

    <SGNTClause = Sentence>

    {Section <SGNTClause = Sentence>}

    Lexham SGNT syntactic force

    The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament Glossary

    <SGNTSyntacticForce = comp. sub. cl.>

    {Section <SGNTSyntacticForce = comp. sub. cl.>}

    Lexham Systematic Theology Ontology

    Lexham Survey of Theology

    <LSTO = The Abrahamic Covenant>

    {Section <LSTO = The Abrahamic Covenant>}

    Literary typing

    Lexham Glossary of Literary Types

    <LiteraryTyping ~ List, Genealogy>

    {Section <LiteraryTyping ~ List, Genealogy>}

    Longacre genre

    Longacre Genre Analysis of the Bible Dataset Documentation

    <LongacreGenre = Narr: Story>

    {Section <LongacreGenre = Narr: Story>}

    Louw-Nida

    Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains

    <LouwNida = LN 64.14>

    <ln 64.14>

     n/a

    Morphology

    (the datatype can be selected via input in Morph Search and is automatically detected in the Context menu)

    Morph codes are selected via input in Morph Search and are provided in the Context menu. e.g. NCFPC

    <LogosMorphHeb ~ NCFPC>

    <LogosMorphAram ~ NPMSA>

    <LogosMorphGr ~ JDSF>

    <LogosMorphLa ~ NPBPN>

    <AFMorphHeb ~ NCcSFN>

    <AFMorphAram ~ AgT>

    <BHtMorph ~ M6?????>

    <CALMorph ~ d??>

    <FrMorph ~ CC>

    <GrMorph ~ BS>

    <LPIMorph ~ g>

    <SESBMorphAram ~ V?R?????+S???>

    <SemInsMorph ~ P?s+S???G?>

    <SWGreekMorph ~ SG??>

    <SyrMorph ~ N??c+S???E?F?Y?T?D?R?>

    <ArcInsMorph ~ N????+S???G?>

    <WIVUMorphAram ~ V?R?????>

    <WIVUMorphHeb ~ PO>

    <AramaicMorphology ~ Pg+S???E?>

     n/a

    OpenText.org syntactic structures

    The OpenText.org Syntactically Analyzed Greek New Testament Glossary

    <OpenTextSyntactic = Pred>

     n/a

    Preaching theme

    Preaching Themes: Dataset Documentation

    <PreachingTheme = Disability>

    {Section <PreachingTheme = Disability>}

    Propositional outline: New Testament

    The Lexham Propositional Outlines Glossary

    <PropositionalOutline = Genealogy>

    {Section <PropositionalOutline = Genealogy>}

    Propositional outline: Old Testament

    The Lexham Propositional Outlines Glossary

    <PropositionalOutline = Action>

    {Section <PropositionalOutline = Action>}

    Root

    Best from Context menu. Morph Search can be used if you know the value.

    root:ἀγαπάω

    <Root = lbs/el/αγαπαω>

     n/a

    Sense

    Bible Sense Lexicon: Dataset Documentation

    <Sense = genealogy>

     n/a

    Sentence

    Sentence Types Dataset Documentation

    <Sentence = Declarative>

    {Section <Sentence = Declarative>}

    Speech act

    Speech Acts Dataset Documentation

    <SpeechAct = Info: Assert>

    {Section <SpeechAct = Info: Assert>}

    Strong’s number

    The New Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew and Greek Words

    <HebrewStrongs = H8435>

    <GreekStrongs = G2531>

     n/a

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."