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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, with Hebrew, Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries

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The easiest way to study the Word of God in its original languages. A clear and precise means of knowing just what was being said, and where exactly to find it. A gift from Heaven, given through James Strong's many years of dedicated work. Should be in every Christian library.

As one who orders books from Amazon, less than frequently, I ask you to consider the following;

If there is more than one edition/translation of a book, in this case Strong's Concordance, then please include in your menu, a conspicuous note to that effect; maybe even a drop down window that lists the options. I just spent $30 for Strong's Concordance for my daughter. I own one (King James Version)and assumed they were all that translation. My daughter's bible is the New King James version. Obviously, that translation would have been better for her. We inadvertently purchased The Common English Version and it is less than satisfactory for her purpose. I went back and looked at the menu. It is still confusing to me. Respectfully submitted. Jim Kirby

This is a good companion to the Bible. Helps put a new understanding to the vocabulary and use of the Bible.

I was very satisfied with my purchase. The book was in better condition than I even expected and it was packaged well. It arrived within a reasonable amount of time considering the holiday. I'm very pleased!

This book was received in great condition. It is very extensive with a lot of information. It is a great resource.

The book I ordered was in extremely good condition as was advertised. What was not advertised was the inscription on inside cover.

Strong's Concordance, like any concordance, is very helpful in finding verses or doing studies on how a particular English word is used in Scripture. It is based on the KJV.

But what makes this concordance unique is that it indicates the underlying Hebrew or Greek word for the English word. Every Hebrew or Greek word is also numbered. Other Hebrew and Greek reference works are available that are coded to these Strong's Concordance numbers. Also included in this Concordance is a short Hebrew and Greek lexicon. This enables the non-Hebrew or Non-Greek reader some access to the original languages.

But it should be noted, using such resources is NOT the same as actually learning Hebrew or Greek. And far too many people seem to think they know what a verse "really" means by looking up a word in this concordance, getting the number of the Hebrew or Greek word and checking the simple dictionary in the back. Far too many times, I have had people email me with some strange ideas derived in this manner.

The problem is, just looking up a word in a simple dictionary like the one included here is not what you would call an exhaustive word study. And to make matters worse, this dictionary was produced in the 1800s, but much about the Greek language has been discovered since then. So the definitions are not always reliable.

Moreover, once you actually learn Hebrew and Greek and work with the original language texts, you will realize there is much more to the meaning of a word than can be expressed in a simple dictionary. The various shades of meaning can only be discovered by the use of more exhaustive lexicons that discuss how the word is used throughout Scripture and in extra-biblical literature.

It was such much more exhaustive resources that I utilized in working on my Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament: Third Edition (ALT). I never bothered referring to a simple and less than reliable resource like this dictionary.

That said, this concordance does have value. Use it as an introduction to working with the original languages. But remember it is just that, an introduction. Don't think you are somehow studying the Hebrew or Greek because you can use a number to look up Hebrew or Greek word in a simple dictionary.

Also, if you use a version other than the KJV, it is helpful to also have a concordance based on that version. That is why I came out with a Complete Concordance to the Analytical-Literal Translation: Second Edition for users of my version.