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The New Analytical Greek Lexicon

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An extremely valuable tool for the novice and advanced students. Every word of the New Testament is listed here in it's declined form so the reader can find a word without knowing it lexical form. There is a good introduction that includes a lot of useful information.
The definitions are a little skimpy. They consist mainly of a list of synonyms. An attractive feature, though, is that when a word has more than one meaning, this lexicon lists examples of verses where a particular meaning is used. If the word is part of a common idiom, it also lists that as well.
For the truly nit-picky, this lexicon always defines verbs in the infinitive rather than 1st person, singular. "legw" means "I say" but the definition is given as "to say."
The price is unbelievable. I wanted a lexicon but, since I'm always broke, I figured I'd buy a cheap one now and get a "good" one later. After using this one for a while, I don't see any need to buy another.

I've seen a great many Greek Lexicons but none compare to this. It is utterly comprehensive in providing in alphabetical order every form of every Greek word used in the New Testament in clear and easy-to-read format. The first part of the book contains numerous tables of Greek paradigms along with a thorough explanation of each, making it a sort of mini-Greek grammar textook in itself, wonderful for handy reference. I had the hardbacks removed and the pages spiral-bound for easier carry and use. My other Lexicons are now collecting dust as I've found all I could ever want or need in this one superior volume.

This book parses or declines each and every word in the Greek New Testament. I'm in my second year of Greek study and it is a great help.

I am in my first year of N.T. Greek studies. This book has proved to be an invaluable resource.

Though there are more scholarly Greek lexicons out there-this one looks great for the beginner who needs the meaning of a word and may not know its lexical form. This really is a great beginning Greek tool and I would highly recommend it.

Jason Fletcher -- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

As a person interested in translating the Greek New Testament into English, Finnish and Swedish I find Perschbacher's lexicon to be invaluable to me. This because I believe in the doctrine of verbal and plenary inspiration and thus I think God's Word should be translated as accurately as possible. I use the formal equivalency technique, and without Perschbacher's lexicon this would be quite difficult for me since I have not studied New Testament Greek, except a few hours. The great plus with this book is that it lists every greek word of the New Testament, even the ones which are only in the Textus Receptus, from which I prefer to translate. The word definitions are brief but mostly fully accurate. Another plus is the Strong's numbers. Because of the size of the book Perschbacher does not give much Scripture references so one can check how the English versions have translated the words, but still he gives at least one for every word which has the Strong's number. Other works may be consulted for references. I have one tool in my library which nearly matches this, Analytical Greek New Testament by Friberg & Friberg. The superiority of Perschbacher is that he does not leave any word unparsed, as Friberg does, seeing their work uses an Alexandrian Greek text, omitting some words found only in the TR. On the whole this lexicon is a great tool, especially for such who are interested in finding out what God exactly says in the NT, for translators and persons regularly exegeting the Greek New Testament. If you believe every word of the Bible is God-breathed you will love this tool and have great use for it. If there is an NT analytical lexicon better than this I would be surprised. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.

As a student of New Testament Greek, I find this book to be an invaluable addition to my library. Every word in the Greek New Testament is listed alphabetically, with a cross reference to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, and the Greek word's definition, location, and source. The lexicon also contains charts of the definite article, the declension of nouns and adjectives, and the conjugation of verbs. It includes information on the use of tenses, moods, and cases. Contracted forms of verbs are not listed in the lexicon, but charts of these forms are provided.

This book enables Greek students to find the definitive meaning and usage of each word in the Greek New Testament, and I highly recommend it.

This was my primary lexicon for a Greek tools class prerequisite before starting the study of Koine Greek. The text has many strengths and a few weaknesses which I will outline below.

Pros-
- the book provides two ways to find Greek words. One is alphabetical (Greek alphabet) and the other is via Strong's numbers. (BDAG does not do this)
- Most biblical words are included (BDAG lists EVERY word)
- Aside from the word's definitions, information about the parts of speech used in Scripture are outlined (BDAG does this)
- Outstanding aids for understanding and interpreting parts of speech reside in the front of the book (BDAG does not do this)

Cons-
- Some Classical rather than Koine Greek definitions crept into the work (BDAG avoids this)
- All Scriptural uses of a word are not listed, but instead Perschbacher lists a few representative examples. (Unlike BDAG that lists all Scriptural uses)
- Definitions are often wooden and lack full ranges of the words used (BDAG avoids this)

If you have $130 to spend on THE best lexicon (BDAG - "A Greek - English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature Third Edition") then buy that lexicon. My second favorite is Louw and Nida's "Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (2 Volume Set)." However, both of these lexicons are expensive. If you don't have that much to spend, the best low-cost-lexicon is Perschbacher's.

This is the best lexicon for Bible students with little/no Greek knowledge, especially when coupled with Strong's Concordance. For those with knowledge of Greek, this is a good source to balance against BDAG.

This lexicon has saved me! Verb formations can be challenging in Greek. Okay, so that's an understatement. There are very few that are cut and dried. Most of the lexicons I found list the root of the verb, but if it's anything more complex, you may never find the word for which you're looking. This lexicon, however, lists each form of the verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs along with an analysis and a reference back to its root where a brief definition is given. It will save you, literally, hours of searching.

This lexicon lists every single word found in the Greek NT. By this, I do not mean there is just a reference for agapao (love), but every form that agapao appears in the NT. So, for instance, in Ephesians 5:25, is the word agapate. Looking up this specific word, you'll find it is derived from agapao, but that it is the 2nd person, plural, present, active, subjunctive or imperative form of the word. So this book is invaluable to the person learning Greek and for studying and translating the Greek NT.

It is especially helpful as it list words found not only in the Critical Text like many lexicons but also words and word forms found only in the Textus Receptus and the Majority Text. It even indicates when a word in a particular verse is in a different form in each of these Greek texts and when a word form only occurs in one of these Greek texts.

I purchased this lexicon when I was studying Greek at Denver Seminary. And it was invaluable in learning Greek and for studying the Greek NT thereafter. When I felt God was leading me to translation my own version of the NT (Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament: Third Edition - ALT), I purchased the BibleWorks 7 software program. And it provides the parsing details for words in its auto-info window.

However, sometimes BibleWorks parsing does not look correct to me. So I keep this book on hand, by my computer monitor. And in such cases, I will double-check BibleWorks parsing by this book. And sometimes I still refer to this book just for the lexical information. So even with computer software, this book is still valuable.