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Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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For the serious student of New Testament studies no better short lexicon can be found than Abbott-Smith. While somewhat dated, it is still valuable in that it provides significant synopses of each Greek word used in the New Testament. In addition, it provides the Hebrew word(s) which are translated by any particular Greek word in the Septuagint (LXX). For a quick reference, this lexicon has not been surpassed.

This is the ultimate reference book that should be in every New Testament Greek scholar's library. It is unique in that it gives the Hebrew equivalents of the Greek words. Other lexicons, such as Thayer's and Perschbacher's, do not compare with the scholarship of this book. The proof of this is that it has been reprinted over the past century. I highly recommend this book.

There is no point in repeating what the other reviewers of this excellent work have said. I would emphasize that it constitutes an excellent concordance . . . and is the only lexicon I know of that mentions the relation of energeia to dynamis . . . ignorance of which causes the NT energy words to be mistranslated in English versions of the NT. The Greek words should be rendered as "energy, energize, energetic" and be understood as the realization or actualization of a paired dynamis "potential power."

This book was printed using print-on-demand technology that scans an old, unavailable book and prints it automatically. Unfortunately, this system does not recognize pictures, or things like Greek text. Since this is a Greek lexicon, none of the content of the book printed correctly. I ordered one for a seminary class, and the college bookstore ordered several from another source for resale, all printed with the same technology, all completely useless. Who ships these without looking at them?

My husband and I are new to Greek and Hebrew and we were hoping this would help in our learning process. I'm sure this would be a great resourse for someone incredibly familiar with Greek but did not find it user freiendly at all for the rest of us. Also the print was terrible and we could hardly see the Greek letters. Disappointed especially after all of the reviews I read.

I disagree with the reviewers who say that Thayer is too outdated. Even though it came out before the papyrus discoveries, it is still accurate almost all the time. The Abbott-Smith lexicon is an excellent companion for the people that want a more recent work, but don't want to pay the high price for BDAG. The definitions are brief, but concise &, so far in my study, accurate. For a long time this was my primary Greek lexicon because Thayer had such small print (the latest Hendrickson print is slightly larger). A good one to have, though it would be nice is they would key it to the Strong's numbers.

This Greek lexicon has been very helpful in learning NT Greek; however, it is missing many words and can be frustrating for a new student who simply does not know the grammar rules and so on. This coupled with a Strong's would be a perfect team (seeing as Strong's isn't so portable!)

I'll be using this one for a while.

This volume makes a valiant effort of treating the Greek while at the same time pointing to the Hebrew. I love this approach; so Stephen Renn and Bill Mounce has both utilize this historic approach. But kudoes for Abbott-Smith! Still useful!

This is one of the best lexicons for understanding glosses from a Biblical theology standpoint and from a reasonable etymological standpoint