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Bible Word Study for English Reader, Basic Tools and Procedure

Sunday, October 23, 2005, 9:30 am

Tod Kennedy

Basic Tools

1.     English Bible (Formal translation is much better—NASB, KJV, NKJV, ASV.)

2.     Bible concordance (Strong’s Concordance is the standard)

3.     An interlinear Bible is helpful to see the original words in their context.

4.     Bible Dictionary (Make sure it is one that believes in the inerrancy and authority of Scripture.)

5.     English dictionary

6.     Notebook in which to record your findings.

Word study procedure for the use of an English Bible and Strong’s Concordance

1.     Select, in the Bible passage, the English word that you want to study.

2.     Then go to Strong’s and look up that English word, and in the list of references find the Bible passage that contains that English word.

3.     This will give you the number of the Greek or Hebrew word behind the English word.

4.     Write down Strong’s page number and the dictionary number.

5.     Look up the dictionary number in dictionary that is in the back of Strong’s Concordance.

6.     Write down the Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic definition from Strong’s dictionary.

7.     Go back to Strong’s concordance (you wrote the page number) and again find the English word.

8.     Read through the verses and context that has the English word and the same dictionary number.

9.     Write down what you think is the best general meaning of the word in the context under study.