What can a Concordance Do?

 

Virtually all Exhaustive Concordances (the  NJKV Exhaustive Concordance by Nelson is an exception) include by each word, its Strong or the Goodrick-Kohlenberger number which refers to the word in the original Hebrew or Greek.  Knowing these numbers is essential for many word study purposes.

Find all uses of a Hebrew (OT) or Greek (NT) word  
Knowing the Strong or Goodrick-Kohlenberger number makes it easier for English-only students to find where that the same Hebrew or Greek word is used in other verses.

Joh 1:1  
     In the beginning 746
     was the Word 3056, 
     and the Word 3056 
     was with God 2316, 
     and the Word 3056 
     was God 2316.

Knowing that "word" is Strong's number 3056, allows you to find all the other places in the NT where that same Greek word is used.

For example, it is also used in:

Act 10:29:
So 3767 
I ask 4441
for what 5101
reason 3056 
you have sent 3343 
for me."  

The above example was taken from a E-Sword (with $20 NASB) search and reformatted for this example.
A concordance can be the first Bible study tool that starts you looking at the colors and shadings in the Hebrew (the language used to write the Old Testament) and the Greek (the language used to write the New Testament.)  

While you will not be asked to join the Bible translation committee, knowing how to find all the places the same Hebrew or Greek appears and how the experts translated it in the context of each passage, helps you understand the English translation. 

"I am happy because I know that "word" in John 1:1 is Strong's number 3056."

 

Both of the Book Icons link to off site web sites.  Both web sites have Strong's numbers. I think Blue Letter is easier to use after I had to spend some time figuring it out, it was worth the effort. There is profit in all labor. It is squawking that leads to poverty. 

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