![]() ![]() ![]() Take the definition I just quoted from social media. ![]() This is a second reason you should probably replace Strong’s dictionary: people love to make meaning soup with Strong’s. They’re not a soup, either, of all those meanings mixed together, that you can then pour into other Bible passages. Strong’s dictionary entries often tempt people to make “meaning soup.” Some of these fit in only particular contexts they’re not a menu from which you can select whichever meaning appeals to you. “When you read the word ‘trust’ in English,” he said, “you may not realize that in Hebrew and Greek, what it really means is ‘believe, trust, place trust in, RELY, CONFIDE-to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ).’”īut if you read Strong’s introduction, you’ll understand that he isn’t saying that “believe” and “trust” and “put in trust with” add up to a definition of the Hebrew and Greek words for “trust” they are what’s called “glosses,” single-word translation equivalents drawn, in this case, straight from the King James Version. Just the other day, a Christian said to another Christian online (where else?), “Most English-speaking believers don’t know the true meaning of the words in their Bible.” And to illustrate, he quoted Strong’s (and, as it happens, mixed up Hebrew and Greek entries). These dictionaries therefore sometimes lend themselves to abuses. Strong’s dictionary entries lend themselves to abuses.įirst, Strong included Hebrew and Greek dictionaries-but nobody ever seems to read the fine print to discover what exactly he was trying to do in his entries. I humbly offer three reasons why you should use better resources if you can. But its dictionary portion is often misused. James Strong’s 1890 Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible is one of the most frequently cited Bible study resources out there-perhaps because it is freely available in many places online. Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn ![]()
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