Is there a way to search for all Backgrounded propositions in a portion of Scripture?

Becky Bequette · 2025-06-23T04:29:10+00:00

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I know there are Logos resources, such as the 'Lexham Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible', which can identify proposition types, such as the following:
• Background action
• Background event
• Background condition
Is there a way to search for the occurrences of one or more of these propositional types within a portion of Scripture (up to one full Bible book)?

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MJ. Smith

Keaton, Mark. The Lexham Propositional Outlines Glossary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014. will show you the available values for backgrounded propositions. Thompson, Jeremy. Lexham Propositional Outlines of the New Testament: Dataset Documentation. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2015. should show a bit on how to use them, I thought the search was there but it doesn't appear to be. However, they are facets in the Bible Browser so easily accessible there.

Becky Bequette

Okay, I'll turn on the relevant features and scroll through the Bible text. Thanks

MJ. Smith

A Search is possible - look in the Help document

Semantic Feature
These Semantic Feature labels ship as part of the Propositional Outlines (Old and New Testament) datasets. They are used to reformat the Bible text into a propositional outline using the Propositional Outline visual filter.
• propositionalOutline:... — The name of the kind of proposition.
For example:
• propositionalOutline:=Affirmation
For a complete listing of searchable propositions, see The Lexham Propositional Outlines Glossary.