Study the Original Words!

To better understand the text of an English translation, a student of the Bible can refer back to the original Greek. However, the required language skills have limited such studies to a select few with training in linguistics and years of practice in translation. The computer now opens these studies to anyone. These tools do not require any specialized knowledge of the Greek or Hebrew language. The goal is to assist the user to better understand the message intended by the original author.

Vine's Expository Dictionary

The language of the New Testament was the speech of everyday life of the people in the countries which came under Greek influence through the conquest of the Roman empire. The ancient Greek dialects became merged into one common speech, the Koine or "common" Greek. To more fully understand our English text, Vine's ties the English words to their original Greek sources with a full description of their meanings to the original Greek-speaking audience. Written entirely in English with Greek transliterations. All the relevant material is included here for any person to pursue studies of word meanings in the original author's language.

The Hebrew Transliterator

The HEBREW transliterator includes the Strong's Reference Numbers associated with the English words of the Old Testament Bible text and a Hebrew dictionary. The purpose of the transliterator products is to allow you to associate an English word with its Hebrew origins. Display the Bible text with Strong's reference numbers assigned to the English words. Select a word in the English text and find the Hebrew root and the definition of that word in a Hebrew dictionary.

The Greek Transliterator

The GREEK transliterator includes the Strong's Reference Numbers associated with the English words of the New Testament Bible text and a Greek dictionary. The purpose of the transliterator products is to allow you to associate an English word with its Greek origins. Display the Bible text with Strong's reference numbers assigned to the English words. Select a word in the English text and find the Greek root and the definition of that word in a Greek dictionary.

Strong's Numbering System

This numbering system, first published in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, has become a standard tool for Scripture word study. Strong created a list of every unique word in the original Greek/Hebrew text, sorted the list in order and numbered the words. He then assigned one of these numbers to the words in the Bible.

Strong's Dictionary

Strong's includes a dictionary entry for each Greek or Hebrew word. Each entry includes:
the Greek/Hebrew transliteration (in English syllable form)
the relation of this word with other Greek/Hebrew words
the definition of the Greek/Hebrew word

Find Strong's Numbers

Find every occurrence of a specific Greek or Hebrew word. A Verse List will be created including every verse containing your search criteria. You can see from these verses the variety of English translations for these Greek/Hebrew words.

Englishman's Concordance

Englishman's Concordance displays a portion of every verse that contains the same Greek or Hebrew root word. Each line begins with a verse reference and includes a few words before and a few words following. This allows for easy reading of the variety of translations into English.

Word Origin

Some words in both English and Greek/Hebrew are common and are always translated in the same way. For other words, the equivalence across languages is not that precise and variations in translation are valid. The transliterators include the option to generate a word origin analysis.
A word origin study can be requested two ways. Find all occurrences of an English word or phrase and count the Greek/Hebrew origins from which this English was translated. Or find all occurrences of a Greek/Hebrew word and count the various English words it was translated to.

English Word Frequency

Some English words in the Bible are always translated from the same Greek/Hebrew word. For others, the equivalence across languages is not that precise and an English word may have been translated from several Greek/Hebrew words. Search the Old Testament or the New Testament for any English words and create a Verse List. Then generate a word origin analysis of the Strong's reference numbers that were the origins of the specified English words.

Transliterated Word Frequency

Some Hebrew words in the Bible are always translated into the same English word. For others, the equivalence across languages is not that precise and a Hebrew word may have been translated into several English words. Search the Bible for any Strong's reference numbers and create a Verse List. Then generate a word origin analysis of the English words that the specified Strong's reference number was translated into.

Greek New Testament

The Greek New Testament (Stephen's 1550 Textus Receptus) can be displayed side by side with your favorite English translation. Each Greek word is assigned a Strong's reference number. A click on any number displays the Greek dictionary entry for that word.

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