With this tool Greek and Hebrew1 words from the ancient biblical texts can be identified by entering an approximate English meaning or a Strong's number. The results of a search can be displayed in both ancient and modern tagged2 versions.
To identify the Greek or Hebrew word used in the search based on the meaning:
- Select the tagged2 versions you want displayed from the Bible versions menu, for example ESV, Byz, KJV.
- Select words meaning option in the Search for menu
- Enter an English word, for example, free.
- A list of Greek and Hebrew words will pop up. Select an original language word.
- Click the Search button.
To enter a word directly in the ancient language
- Select Greek or Hebrew in the search for menu.
- Type or paste a Greek or Hebrew in the adjacent box.
- A list of Greek or Hebrew words will pop up. Select the word you want to find.
- Press the Search button.
To enter a word using Strong's number:
- Select Greek or Hebrew in the search for menu.
- Enter the number in the word box, for example, G3494 for νεανίας: a young man.
Intermediate level:
- Move the level slider (upper right corner) to Intermediate
- Select the range of the search from the Resirict results Restrict results to menu.
- Select Greek or Hebrew in the search for menu
- Begin typing a Greek/Hebrew word.
- When the a word list pops up check the box Include all forms .
- All forms which include the letters typed will be displayed. To make the list more inclusive delete letters at the end of the word.
- In the showing menu select:
- all related words
- all forms of this word
- this specific form of this word
- Select how the results will be organized from the group by menu. This menu is only active when all related words is chosen from the showing menu.
Note: Simply selecting a specific inflected form does not limit the search to that form. To limit the search to a specific form select: this specific form of this word from the showing menu.
1 Hebrew search functions include the Aramaic vocabulary of the Old Testament.
2 Tagged versions are indicated on Bible versions menu with the letter V after the version name. Click the All button (toggle) at top of the Bible versions menu to display the tagged texts in the top section of the menu.
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