What is the easiest way to see how a name appears across all Bibles

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,432
edited November 21 in English Forum

I am trying to find Biblical people's name across languages i.e. in all my Bible.  For example, I know that the NRSV has Joshua while the KJV 1900 has Jehoshua and BB has Josua and The Scriptures has Yehoshua and Wycliffe has Josue ... What is the fastest way to find all forms of the name?

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."

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  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Administrator, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 5,395

    This might work...

    1. Create a collection of your Bibles.
    2. Do a Bible search on that collection using the person tagging.
    3. Switch to the Analysis view
    4. Group by the Result column

    It's a bit noisy because it includes pronouns and such, but it should allow you to see all the results from the different Bibles searched.

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,432
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1311786#Comment_1311786

    Andrew Batishko said:

    but it should allow you to see all the results from the different Bibles searched.

    This is limited to Bibles with tagging which requires an interlinear right? e.g. the Urdu Bible will not be considered.

    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."

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,773

    MJ. Smith said:

    I am trying to find Biblical people's name across languages i.e. in all my Bible.  For example, I know that the NRSV has Joshua while the KJV 1900 has Jehoshua and BB has Josua and The Scriptures has Yehoshua and Wycliffe has Josue ... What is the fastest way to find all forms of the name?

    Use a Passage List with one verse containing the name and add as many bible versions as you need.

    You could do the same with Text Comparison.

    Dave
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