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How To Do A Word Study Without Knowing Hebrew Or Greek: Step 1: Choose A Concordance

Learn how to use print and online resources to do a word study.

Choose A Concordance

A Bible concordance is an alphabetical list of the principal words used in a particular translation of Scripture, along with their immediate contexts (i.e. the passages in which they appear). Those using a numbering system will also include a number that coordinates with a Hebrew-to-English or Greek-to-English dictionary in the back of the concordance. The dictionaries in the back include brief definitions of Hebrew and Greek words, but there are other reference tools that will provide much more information for each term.

Use the list below to find an appropriate concordance (or more than one). All of the ones listed include either Strong's numbers or G/K numbers, and have dictionaries in the back. Once you've selected a concordance, go on to step 2.

Bible Translation Title/Author Call Number Numbering System
AEV/REV

Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
J. Strong

Theo Ref BS425 S8 1890 Strong's
KJV Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible 
J. Strong
Theo Ref BS425 S8 1975 Strong's
KJV Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible 
J. Strong
Theo Ref BS425 S8 1980 Strong's
KJV Strongest Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible 
J. Strong
Theo Ref BS425 S8 2001 Strong's
NASV New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible 
R.L. Thomas
Theo Ref BS425 N385 Strong's
NASV Zondervan NASB Exhaustive Concordance Theo Ref BS425 N27 2000 Strong's
NIV Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance
E.W. Goodrick & J.R. Kohlenberger
Theo Ref BS425 G62 1999 G/K*


*  This concordance has a conversion chart in the back that allows you to look up Strong's numbers in order to find the corresponding G/K number - it also goes the other way, and lets you look up G/K numbers in order to find the corresponding Strong's numbers.