Can I use Louw-Nida range in a clause search

Dick Roberts
Dick Roberts Member Posts: 51 ✭✭

for instance - can I find subject:God and a verb from LN range 24.52-70

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  • Francis
    Francis Member Posts: 4,035 ✭✭✭
    edited June 6

    I am not sure. The following shows that it is possible to look for LN references, but my attempts to look for a range did not work. Either it does not work or there may be a search syntax trick.

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    The other option, of course, could be to use logical operators but that may not be practical.

    A workaround could be to (1) run a morph search using the range you want and the verb criterion, (2) save as passage list and (3) search your subject in clause search against that passage list.

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    Generally, passage lists are a good medium to find ways to carry out searches that are beyond any one mode search.

  • Dick Roberts
    Dick Roberts Member Posts: 51 ✭✭

    the reason for the search is to find other verbs in the same domain with God as the subject. for instance: God as the subject of different verbs for seeing. Or God as the subject and a LN domain as the predicate

  • Francis
    Francis Member Posts: 4,035 ✭✭✭

    @Dick Roberts I get that. The passage list method might include false positives if there are more than one verb in the passage list verses. So there could be verses from the passage list in which the LN domain is found and God the subject in different clauses or God is the subject of a different verb. Short of a better method, you could give it a try and see if it's easy to sort through.

  • Brian Leathers
    Brian Leathers Member Posts: 203 ✭✭✭

    Would a search like this work for you?

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  • Dick Roberts
    Dick Roberts Member Posts: 51 ✭✭

    this would work but I am looking for verses that use verbs from the LN Domain 24 where God is the subject of those verbs. I tried to use your query but changed SPEAKER to SUBJECT and it did not accept it. I tried a Clause search and it would not accept the LN part of the query.

    For me the value of search by LN domains is that you do not have to know every verb used in the domain before you can do your search. I am still learning many Logos features. Maybe one question would be can you use LN domains in a clause search?

  • Brian Leathers
    Brian Leathers Member Posts: 203 ✭✭✭

    This search did not work:

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    This is the only one out of multiple searches that I tried that worked for me:

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