How do you use it? Bible Word Study

Jason Stone (Logos)
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Curious about a biblical word’s meaning? The "Bible Word Study" feature breaks down Greek and Hebrew words with definitions, usage, and connections. What’s your favorite part of this feature or the most fascinating word study you've done?

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  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,482 ✭✭✭✭

    Well, actually the searches at the bottom … if I understood the policy that determines which resource(s) are chosen for the respective search.

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,166

    I use the preposition charts in teaching as well as the translation rings. But the word information I most often want, is not available in the BWS as I rely heavily on philology and word nets. However, when I need specific information that is in the BWS it is a very convenient way to look the information up.

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  • Francis
    Francis Member Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭
    edited April 2

    Although it can be marred by the way "translations" are presented (unhelpful and cluttering divisions between forms), the Septuagint wheel is helpful.

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    I use Lemmas in passages fairly often. It's even better when the BWS is constrained to a specific passage or range:

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    I also concur with DMB that the Textual Searches at the bottom are helpful. In fact, it is easy to forget that they are there and how helpful they can be as a quick way to search through the useful corpora like the Dead Sea Scrolls, the LXX, Philo, the Apostolic Fathers etc.

  • Chris Stafford
    Chris Stafford Member Posts: 1 ✭✭

    I was researching the word wiles in the King James version of Eph 6:11 and one definition was beguiled which is what Eve told God the serpent did to her in Gen 3.8. I had already planned to look at Gen 3 as a reference to wiles of the devil but this really confirmed to me that I needed to take a deeper look at it.

  • Pastor Don Carpenter
    Pastor Don Carpenter Member Posts: 130 ✭✭✭

    There are many things I love about the Bible word study, but probably the best is the translation wheel and how a particular lemma is translated in other passages. It is so much easier than searching and comparing to discover the same information. I also love the visualization of the translation ring. I often use it in my sermon power point to show our folks that the same Greek word is translated several different ways. It is a great teaching tool.

  • NichtnurBibelleser
    NichtnurBibelleser Member Posts: 630 ✭✭✭

    I like to see the different translations in the german EÜ, the LXX and the VG:

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