1. Checking the Hebrew and Greek for Key Words ENG 4950 Thorpe

2. (RSV Apocrypha only) “love” (RSV w Apocrypha)

3. The two major numbering systems Strong: a late 19 th -century system associated originally with the Authorized or King James Version (A/KJV). Goodrick/Kohlenberger (G/K): a late 20 th - century system associated originally with, and still tied closely to, the New International Version (NIV). Conversion charts exist, e.g. the “Numbering system indexes” beginning on p. 1811 of The NIV exhaustive concordance, ed. Goodrick & Kohlenberger, REF BS425.G62 1990, and p. 759 of vol. 5 of the New international dictionary of Old Testament theology and exegesis (NIDOTTE), REF BS440.N438 1997.

4. The steps (Hebrew) 1.From either an NIV Old Testament (e.g. the Zondervan NIV study Bible, REF BS195.N37 2002f) and The NIV exhaustive concordance, REF BS425.G62 1990, or Something like The Blue Letter Bible (http://www.blueletterbible.org/) and a conversion charthttp://www.blueletterbible.org/ 2.To the Hebrew-English concordance to the Old Testament with the New International Version, REF BS1121.K65 1998, and the New international dictionary of Old Testament theology and exegesis (NIDOTTE), 5 vols., REF BS440.N438 1997, 3.To the Theological dictionary of the Old Testament (TDOT), 16 vols. to date, REF BS 440.B5713 (in progress).

5. An NIV Old Testament

6. The NIV exhaustive concordance

8. Hebrew-English concordance….

9. From a Strong to a G/K number 2. A conversion chart gets you the corresponding G/K number Because that conversion chart appears from p. 759 of vol. 5 of the NIDOTTE, you could go directly from The Blue Letter Bible to the NIDOTTE: 1. The Blue Letter Bible gets you the Strong number The Blue Letter Bible Locate the verse or passage in question in the version of your choice: Click on here: 1588 (without the H, which stands for Hebrew) is the Strong number: The Theological wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), 2 vols., REF BS440.T49, is keyed to Strong numbers

10. NIDOTTE

11. TDOT

12. The steps (Hebrew) 1.From either an NIV Old Testament (e.g. the Zondervan NIV study Bible, REF BS195.N37 2002f) and The NIV exhaustive concordance, REF BS425.G62 1990, or Something like The Blue Letter Bible (http://www.blueletterbible.org/) and a conversion charthttp://www.blueletterbible.org/ 2.To the Hebrew-English concordance to the Old Testament with the New International Version, REF BS1121.K65 1998, and the New international dictionary of Old Testament theology and exegesis (NIDOTTE), 5 vols., REF BS440.N438 1997, 3.To the Theological dictionary of the Old Testament (TDOT), 16 vols. to date, REF BS 440.B5713 (in progress).

13. There’s more Theological lexicon of the Old Testament, 3 vols., REF BS440.T4813 1997 Lexica (Dictionaries) Books and articles beyond those listed in the bibliographies

14. Greek (Concordances) Strong Goodrick/ Kohlenberger (G/K) TransliterationEnglish keyword Concordances http://www.blueletterbible.org/http://www.blueletterbible.org/ (as above) New Strong’s exhaustive concordance of the Bible, REFBS425.S8 1990 The NIV exhaustive concordance, REF BS425.G62 1990 http://www.blueletterbible.org/http://www.blueletterbible.org/ (as above). Most analytical concordances give transliterations Concordances, Englishman’s Greek Word study concordance, REF BS2305.W53 1978. Greek English concordance to the New Testament with the New International Version, REF BS2302.K657 Greek Old Testament (LXX): Concordance to the Septuagint, REF BS1122.H3 1975. Greek only

15. Greek (Theological wordbooks) Strong Goodrick/ Kohlenberger (G/K) TransliterationEnglish keyword Theological wordbooks Theological dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), REF BS2312.K5813 1964: “Index of Greek keywords,” vol. 10, pp. 61-84. See also the Word study concordance, above. New International Dictionary of New Testament theology (NIDNTT), REF BS2312.N48 1975: “Index of Greek words,” vol. 3, pp. 1233-1273 New International Dictionary of New Testament theology (NIDNTT), REF BS2312.N48 1975: “General index,” vol. 3, pp. 1274- 1481 Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament (EDNT): “Index to vols. 1-3,” vol. 3, pp. 513-566 Theological lexicon of the New Testament, REF PA875.S613 1994. Greek word index only Lexica (Dictionaries)