Find Hebrew equivalent of Greek words

Question

What is the best way to find the Hebrew equivalent of Greek words.

DMB · Accepted Answer

Many ways.

Mine is to take advantage of the Lexham analytical lexicons, prioritizing them (for this, the LXX one). A quick right click on the greek shows me the hebrew alignment, and associated OT verse usage in the Lookup section.

The analyticals have the advantage of working without needing the lemma tagged.

Brian Leathers · Accepted Answer

I’m not at my laptop now, but here is what you could do on the mobile app to search for Hebrew and Greek equivalents:

Hope this helps!

Brian Leathers · Accepted Answer

You can also use the Lexham English Septuagint to search for Greek lexemes in the LXX Analytical Lexicon:

Brian Leathers · Accepted Answer

Here is how I check for Hebrew and Greek equivalents on the desktop:

Brian Leathers · Accepted Answer

Here is the layout that I use to study Hebrew and Greek equivalents in the Old Testament:

Hope this helps!

Brian Leathers · Accepted Answer

Here is another way that I search for Hebrew and Greek equivalents in the Old Testament:

* Create a collection with the Lexham Hebrew Bible and Swete's and Rahlf's LXX with the SESB LXX:

3.Then use the cross highlighting feature to find the equivalents:

4. Then do a field/content Bible search in your created collection of Septuagints and Hebrew Bible using the Hebrew and Greek lemmas with the OR command and compare your results with the Grid analysis:

Hope this helps!

Brian Leathers · Accepted Answer

Using the field/content Bible search, you can use the INTERSECTS command to find the exact equivalents between the Hebrew and Greek lemmas in the Old Testament:

Simon’s Brother · Accepted Answer

Context, Context, Context.  There is generally no one to one equivalent between words in different languages. The semantic ranges of meaning may overlap but will not likely ever be an exact match. The previous suggestions will be helpful in your quest but just don’t expect what you find in one situation to mean that you can apply that equivalent word relationship in every case.

Michelle · Accepted Answer

Hi @Bob Diebel,

If you like visual aid more this would be a good tool here in the Bible Word Study Panel at Septuagint Translation section.

I learn this from BibleProject & love it as they explained that due to the NT Greek being used for those who read the Septuagint in their era, then it would make sense that they use similar style of Greek back then to write & convey the message in NT. So that would mean that the semantic ranges of meaning will make more sense as the NT authors likes to refer back or quote from the OT. That's just what I learned with some sense of agreement logically & most comfortable with though, there might be better ways out there. Hope it helps !

Steps :

Right click a word → Bible Word Study → Scroll to Septuagint Translation section.

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Michelle · Accepted Answer

Hmm…not sure what's wrong with my post, but it needs approval for the latest information to be updated.

The previous reply was missing one more resource, here you go :

https://www.logos.com/product/10494/the-old-testament-in-greek-according-to-the-septuagint

NichtnurBibelleser · Accepted Answer

There is a all-in-one resource for this in Logos:

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