9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent Lexicon, November 7, 2008
This is an excellent lexicon that contains all the words of the New Testament (not just the lexical forms). The typography is very well thought out which makes it easy to find words and read the definitions. The lexical form of words are set in boldface and the variants are set in regular face. The definitions with the lexical forms are quite thorough with extensive explanations of the glosses and idiomatic usage. For example, the definitions of the prepositions generally offer a fuller explanation than what you see in the grammars. The entries for variant forms show the parsing and identify lexical form. A handy card is enclosed which explains the abbreviations and serves as a good bookmark. The hardcover edition is very well assembled with high quality printing and and legible typefaces.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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A great lexicon, December 28, 2007
This review is from: Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (Paperback)
I use the version of Friberg that is found on the
BibleWorks 7 software program. But comparing BibleWorks to this hardcopy edition, it looks like they are the same.
That said, I used this lexicon extensively when I was working on my
Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament: Third Edition (ALT). It was always the first lexicon I would check when doing a word study. And with BibleWorks, this was very easy. Just right click on the word. But even in hardcopy, it would not be that difficult to look up the word if you know Greek.
Friberg's lexicon gives the basic definition using one word or a short phrase, along with some sample verse references, with sometimes a partial verse included. Shades of meanings are represented by Friberg giving more than one word or phrase for the basic meaning. When a word has more than one basic meaning, these are numbered and listed individually, again with sample verse references. When a word has a literal and a common figurative meaning, these are both given.
I found Friberg's lexicon to be very accurate. I would often do more detailed word studies by referring to several other lexicons and theological dictionaries, but often, I ended up using one of Friberg's suggested translations. I also sometimes used both Friberg's literal definition for the main text of the ALT and its figurative meanings for the bracketed figurative meanings in the ALT.
So I cannot recommended this lexicon highly enough. It is detailed enough for general word studies while being simple enough that one can get a grasp of the meanings(s) of a word at a glance.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book, very accurate, August 10, 2008
This review is from: Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (Paperback)
Bought this book as a companion to my Greek Syntax & Exegesis class at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Friberg's lexicon is very accurate, though his parsing code takes a bit to catch onto. I also have Mounce's analytical, which is easier to use but can be tricky because Mounce parses all deponent verbs as either passive or middle (which can truly mess up your translations!). Friberg makes the distinction if a verb is deponent, and is the FIRST source I go to if I can't parse a verb confidently.
Friberg's analyt has to be the most reliable one out there.
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