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[Fourbit]

Is there a simple way to find out what english words a Hebrew/Greek word is translated into. And, how many times it is?

[Fourbit]

Never fails. If I get stumped and confused, all I have to do is post a question then I find the answer. Sometimes before anyone reads a post.

 

I think the KJC Dictionary is giving me what I want.

Edited by Fourbit, 05 August 2014 - 09:15 AM.

[Tim Butterfield]

The KJV dictionary is a start, but it doesn't do a lot with what the word is in the original language. 

In the mid 1800s a man named Strong put together an Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (using the King James translation).

 

A concordance is sort of like a dictionary, but goes far beyond what the average dictionary does since it applies to only one specific work.  Strong compiled a list of every single word, both Hebrew for the Old Testament, and Greek for the New.

 

He then numbered the words (the list was in alphabetical order according the language), so in a word for word translation, you could see exactly what word was translated as what English word. 

Strong's has both the Hebrew and Greek, Brown driver Brigs has only the Hebrew, and Thayer's has only the Hebrew, but they all are keyed to the Strong's number.

 

Here is a sample of how that looks: (John 1:1 KJV+TVM)  InG1722 the beginningG746 wasG2258 [G5713] the WordG3056, andG2532 the WordG3056 wasG2258 [G5713] withG4314 GodG2316, andG2532 the WordG3056 wasG2258 [G5713] GodG2316.

 

The numbers in brackets give information about the tense mood and voice of the verbs...and there is a module that is set up with them, as well   Take as an example the word Beginning the Strong's number is  G(for Greek) 746.

 

This is the Thayer Dictionary:

Original: ἀρχή
- Transliteration: Arche
- Phonetic: ar-khay'
- Definition:
1. beginning, origin
2. the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader
3. that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause
4. the extremity of a thing
a. of the corners of a sail
5. the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
a. of angels and demons
- Origin: from G756

 

As you can see they also give the etymological origins (the origin of the word ) as best they can determine it.

 

There are also other concordances that merely list the number of times the word occured in the KJV, and how it was trranslated each time.

 

ἀρχή
archē
Total KJV Occurrences: 59
beginning, 39
Mat_19:4, Mat_24:8 (2), Mat_24:21, Mar_1:1, Mar_10:6, Mar_13:19, Luk_1:2, Joh_1:1-2 (2), Joh_2:11, Joh_6:64, Joh_8:25, Joh_8:44, Joh_15:27, Joh_16:4, Phi_4:15 (2), Col_1:18, 2Th_2:13, Heb_1:10, Heb_3:14, Heb_7:3, 2Pe_3:4, 1Jo_1:1, 1Jo_2:7 (2), 1Jo_2:13-14 (2), 1Jo_2:24 (2), 1Jo_3:8, 1Jo_3:11, 2Jo_1:5-6 (2), Rev_1:8, Rev_3:14, Rev_21:6, Rev_22:13
principalities, 6
Rom_8:38, Eph_3:10, Eph_6:12, Col_1:16, Col_2:15, Tit_3:1
first, 4
Act_26:4, Heb_2:3, Heb_5:12, Jud_1:6
corners, 2
Act_10:11, Act_11:5
principality, 2
Eph_1:21, Col_2:10
began, 1
Heb_2:3
beginnings, 1
Mar_13:8
magistrates, 1
Luk_12:11
power, 1
Luk_20:20
principles, 1
Heb_6:1
rule, 1
1Co_15:24

 

This is pretty handy, and looks like you said you were looking for.  And al of the modules I refered to are availible for e-Sword.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Tim