Search difference

Bob Diebel
Bob Diebel Member Posts: 388
edited November 21 in English Forum

Could someone explain the reason for the variation in the search results?

lemma.g:δράκων                (King James Version  13 results in 12 verses) Rev13:4 left out.
person:Satan EQUALS dragon    (King James Version  11 results in 10 verses)

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  • Kiyah
    Kiyah Member Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭

    lemma.g:δράκων                (King James Version  13 results in 12 verses) Rev13:4 left out.

    I'm seeing Rev 13:4 in my search results for the first search. Rev 13:4 is left out of the second search. Is that what you meant? If so, that seems like a tagging oversight on Logos' part. If Rev 13:2 refers to Satan, Rev 13:4 also refers to Satan since it's the same context.

    As for Rev 13:11, it says "he spake as a dragon", not as "the dragon" so it wouldn't make since to tag that one as Satan.

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton Member, MVP Posts: 35,672 ✭✭✭

    Could someone explain the reason for the variation in the search results?

    ... Rev13:4 left out.
    person:Satan EQUALS dragon    (King James Version  11 results in 10 verses)

    The RI for KJV bibles use a different manuscript word (δράκοντα) to SBLGNT (δράκοντι) which is used as the basis for Person tagging and the RI for non-KJV bibles.

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  • Christian Alexander
    Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭

    How can there be a different manuscript word for the same Greek word in the text? "A dragon" and "the dragon" just have different modifiers.That does not make much sense. 

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,072 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How can there be a different manuscript word for the same Greek word in the text?

    The Authorized version used the Textus Receptus (Scrivener) text; most contemporary translations use a critical text. Different texts-different words. 

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