Help in understanding my new book.

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poet Aug 7, 2009

I bought this new study book.
The Complete WordStudy New Testament with Parallel Greek Text
~~[url=http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=73293&item_code=WW&netp_id=147564&event=ESRCN&view=covers]~~the complete Wordstudy New Testemant .[/url]

I want to figure out how to use the guide,
The book comes with a little laminated card with Abbreviated words, but im not making the connection yet?
Could someone smarter than me give me some pointers.... After I get home from work, i'll give an example...
thanks...... anybody...

sermonindex Aug 7, 2009

Hi,

What that bible does is utilize the "strongs" numbers. which simply means that each greek word in the new testament was is give a number and that number when looked up you can find a definition of that greek word and other occurrences of it.

Either there is a appendix in the back of that bible with those numbers that you can look up or you can search them online here:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/search.cfm#strongs

I find this much easier and better to use. I personally use it, its a new edition and its great:

~~[b]~~Key Word Study Bible KJV (2008 new edition), Hardcover [/b]
http://www.christianbook.com/key-word-study-bible-kjv-hardcover/9780899577456/pd/7745X?event=AAI

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poet Aug 8, 2009

Thanks, here is an example from my book.

aima1492 anaj4217 an,nn 26
1John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love
art3588 nn3962
the father
pfi1325 ppro2254 2443
that bestowed upon us, that we should be
asbp2564 pr/an,nn5043 an,nn2316
called the sons of God:

The strong's Numbers I get, it's the code key.
for example Father is nn. Noun. I get that..
Bestowed is PFI, "Perfect indicatiove active"
I have no clue.
Called is ASBP. "aorist subjunctive passive"
I need school now, cant afford it...
I need to learn what these mean...
Any ideas...thanks.
I have a whole card key with these abbreviations on them.

sermonindex Aug 8, 2009

Hi Poet,

Unfortunately there is no short cut. I would recommmend "Idioms of the Greek New Testament" by Stanley Porter... its not an easy read but it will explain these terms. If you can find a way to take some courses on ancient Greek some of this would begin to make some more sense to you.