Sections in dictionaries
Is there a way to search type:dictionary and get the headings for search results, much like searching type:commentary? For example, I want to search my dictionaries for "Josiah" and get the Josiah listings, not every time the word Josiah appears in the dictionary.
I realize I can go through each dictionary and look them up, but what fun is that? :-)
Thanks!
Pastor Brian
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Hi Brian,
The best way to do this is find it in your favorite dictionary or any random one, then click the + tab to the right of that dictionary's tab, and you'll get a list of all other dictionaries that have that word as a keyword (it's the textual list on the right not the list of cover images on the left):
A further hint: if you want to look open most of them and look at the definition in each, clicking on them one by one in this list won't be the easiest, because it will open that reference in this New Tab and you'll lose the list and have to generate it again. So the trick is to click on a title and drag it to position it as a new tab somewhere in your layout. You'll see a blue shaded rectangle showing where the tab will be placed before you let go of the mouse, and you can move it around to find the best location. If you want to stack it with other tabs that are already open, drag it to a position right up in the tab area of that tile and you'll see an orange vertical bar showing you the position where it will be dropped between other tabs. There's a good video on Layouts Management which will show you more about managing your tab locations this way, if you're unfamiliar with that.
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Brian,
You can construct a custom Bible Word Study (see Guides menu) and include the following:-
Bible Topics is a Collection of dictionaries eg. type:dictionary subject:bible (you can be more selective by rating each dictionary ie. stars). Give the Guide a name starting with "My" (as above) and it will appear on the Context menu whenever you right click a word in a resource eg. Delilah
You'll get used to the abbreviated names of the dictionaries!
For more information on Collections, rating resources and Guides see the wiki at http://wiki.logos.com/
Dave
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Rosie Perera said:
The best way to do this is find it in your favorite dictionary or any random one,
To do that, type "look up topicname" in the command bar. You can then use the plus tab or the parallel resources menu to get to the other results.
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Brian, If you have a Bible open to where that word occurs, you can right click on it and choose selection and then choose power lookup and a whole list of definitions of that word will appear from your dictionaries.
"For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power"
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