Doing a word study using Blue Letter Bible
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- In this excerpt from our Genesis 26 Bible Study, Dave walks through doing a word study of the Hebrew word: צָחַק - ṣāḥaq which is found in Genesis 26: 8 and is translated 8 different ways between 8 different translations. Dave uses BlueLetterBible.org to discover the word's foundation and the different ways it is translated. Context of the text always informs meaning!
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I love doing word studies with the BLB !
This was one of the most concise, yet useful explanations of how BLB can be used for word study. Thank you so much for showing WHY you would want to investigate individual words and HOW you go about doing so in BLB. It is a great tool and you are a great presenter!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting me know!
I love BLB. My Favorite and Only Bible App. Love it. Thank yoy fir sharing.
It was very helpful to see you use the BLB. I’m getting into doing deeper study and I like the feature of seeing the varying translations of words. In this case Gen 26:8. Caressing. You saying context helps understand which word is best used really helped me. Thank you
Glad you found the video helpful!
I've been trying to remember the name of this website for a couple years now. Never thought to UA-cam it. Thanks!
Although Strong's Concordance has some great features and meanings, one way to test Strong's, to corroborate the Strong's definition, is against 'word cross-reference' not only in English, but in Hebrew and Greek also.
What you are doing by doing word cross-reference is establishing a matter with two or three witnesses.
That's why the Bible is primarily tri-lingual, with the exception of the New Testament which is primarily bi-lingual.
Word cross-reference works by looking up an English word's Greek and/or Hebrew counterpart and looking for other verses containing that same word or a variation of the root word. The variation might be something like singular versus plural, or transitive versus intransitive, etc.
I use Blue Letter Bible and copy both the counterpart word and root-word and then use LXX version (Greek Septuagint / Old Testament) and both TR (Textus Receptis New Testament Greek) and MGNT (Morphological Greek New Testament) versions for Greek word lookup.
For Hebrew, we are currently limited to the Old Testament Masoretic Text, but for word cross-reference I use WLC (Westminster Leningrad Codex) version.
Once we have a few or all verses catalogued from the word search(es), then I take a look at the English rendering of those verses in comparison with the original verse I grabbed the Greek and Hebrew words and root-words from, and taking notes about the similarities and differences I find among them.
One of my favorites is the Hebrew word "BRK" or "Barak" which has a dual meaning: "to bless" and "to kneel".
We don't see this in the English, but it is present in the Hebrew.
Gen 12:2 _I will make you a great nation; I will bless you..._
Barak - www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1288/kjv/wlc/0-1/
Gen 24:11 _He made the camels kneel down..._
Barak - www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1288/kjv/wlc/0-1/
One thing that stood out to me is "blessing" and "kneeling" are not either/or dichotomies, but more like English ingredients for the Hebrew word.
The biblical verse that came to mind when I read these passages was when Jesus said in Mat 23:12 and Luke 14:11 _For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted._
So if to 'bless' is 'to kneel down', to humble oneself, then when God blessed Abraham, He not only blessed Abraham, but humbled Himself by blessing Abraham.
This concept reminded me of another passage where it reads in Psa 80:17 _Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself._
And again in Psa 8:4-6 _What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:_
Both of these verses begin to paint a clearer picture of our living God who humbles himself by exalting the humble. How much more if the Son of Man He exalted humbles himself by exalting the same God who exalted him?
Now we have a mutual relationship with God at this point, and a oneness, an agreeableness, a mutual belief, a mutual faith, and mutual hope with our Father in Heaven. Not because we are greater than our Teacher but because our Father in Heaven has enabled His child to be sufficiently like Him. To God be the glory!
I hope my brothers and sisters who do the will of the Father find this lesson helpful in their walk with our Heavenly Father and His Son, in whom He is well pleased.
Peace be with you.
Awesome walkthrough!
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Thanks for watching! BLB is a great resource, enjoy digging deep into scripture.
- Dave
Thanks!
Dude God bless you! This is exactly what I needed!
Awesome! Glad to hear it.
wow. i read that same passage and wondered how he was able to tell that was his wife, thanks for the video!
Thank you! I've been trying to figure out the app, but I guess I just need to go to the website.
Also, I several times thought your water bottle was a bottle of Sriracha 😂
Sriracha is the best! ha ha! Glad you enjoyed the video. Enjoy using BLB!
- Dave
Great video, thanks! I wonder if anyone has come up with a good way to use the desktop version to do a word study like you did and take notes on their findings. I guess you could just copy and paste as you go along and put it in word or something?
thank you
With so many different possible translations, how are we supposed to know which one is the one truly intended?
The original “translation” of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible was in Ancient Biblical Hebrew and the New Testament was written in Greek. That’s the reason for all the translations. If you truly want to read the intended translation you need to learn Greek and Hebrew (and some Aramaic), which is why they teach those languages in seminary.
You should still feel confident in the translations though. Especially all of the ones included in Blue Letter Bible; the Holy Spirit is able to use each of them to speak to us. My favorites are the NIV and the NKJV. The Amplified Bible is also a great resource.
Here is a video I did on the translations to check out that explains more…
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