LTRBE Seminar | Section 11: Study Tools (Part 1)
Section 11: Study Tools (Part 1)
CONCORDANCES & LEXICONS:
Concordance - an alphabetical index of all the principle words in the Bible listed with their immediate contexts
Lexicon - is analogous to a dictionary; it is an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language with their definitions
USING A CONCORDANCE:
- Useful when trying to locate a verse when you just remember a word or phrase of that verse.
- Useful in performing word studies by looking at other passages which might relate.
Recommendations:
- Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (includes lexicons)
- Young's Analytical Concordance
- Englishman's Hebrew Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament
- Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament
- Cruden's
- On Line Bible (Free Software for Computers)
USING A LEXICON:
- Its principle use is for looking up definitions
- It provides insight into how else the given word is used
Recommendations:
- Strong's
- Young's
- Gesenius' Hebrew Chaldee Lexicon of the Old Testament
- Thayer's Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament
WHEN HEBREW & GREEK MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
1) Genesis 6:14
"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch."
There are two different words for "pitch." According to Strong's concordance, the first occurrence is #3722 and the second one is #3724. Looking it up in Strong's Lexicon we have:
#3722 - kaphar, kaw far'; a prim. root; to cover (spec. with bitumen); fig. to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel: -appease, make (an) atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile (-liation).
#3724 - kopher, ko' fer; from 3722; prop. a cover, i.e. (lit.) a village (as covered in); (spec.) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); fig. a redemption price: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
2) John 21:15-17
"So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep."
Two different words are used for "love" in this passage. Christ uses one and Peter another. Christ uses #25 and Peter #5368. Looking it up in Strong's Concordance we have:
#25 - agapao, ag ap ah' o; perh. from agan (much) [or comp. 5689]; to love (in a social or moral sense): (be-) love (ed). Comp. 5368
#5368 - phileo, fil' eh' o; from 5384; to be a friend to (fond of [an individual or an object]), i.e. have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while 25 is under, embracing espec. the judgment and the deliberate assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty and propriety: the two thus stand related very much as 2309 and 1014, or as 2372 and 3563 respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); spec. to kiss (as a mark of tenderness):- kiss, love.
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