Soul Invictus

What would be a good reference to compare the English KJV to the original Hebrew/Aramaic meanings...i.e. where can I look to find that adam originally referred to adamah, or earth, and various other original meanings, and contexts of the original tongues?

I've heard about Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, however I can't vouch for it's reliability as I have never used it.

Peter Kirby

I don't know. I have no Hebrew. Maybe someone else can answer.

For Greek, a recommended tool is "BDAG" A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature Third Edition. I haven't got it though; I usually access the Liddel-Scott lexicon through Perseus and a couple dictionaries I have. But these are tools for people who want to know Greek, not etymological explanations for those who read English only.

best,
Peter Kirby

Haran

SI, you asked this a while back in this thread and got some good answers.

I'll be more brief here. If you want a commonly used Hebrew lexicon (i.e. "dictionary"), get or look up the Brown Driver Briggs (or BDB as it is called)

If you want an Hebrew-English interlinear, I would suggest getting or looking up the Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament by Kohlenberger. I use this all the time.

If you want what is the critical Hebrew-only text that would be sort of equivalent to the UBS4th and NA27th Greek New Testaments, get or look up the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS). It lists variant readings in the OT, including variants from some of the DSS. This is probably the main critical edition of the Hebrew text. There is also the Biblia Leningradensia (BHL), but believe it reproduces only the text of the Leningrad Codex and may not have the critical apparatus (if I am remembering right, which I may not be...).

This last thing I only just now discovered. It may be something you are interested in....the The Parallel Bible: Hebrew-English Old Testament With the Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia and the KJV. Don't know much about it though other than the Hebrew text is BHL rather than BHS....

Seriously though, if you are interested enough to look at this stuff, you should probably try and learn the language. It would only help and might eliminate some easy-to-make beginner's errors.

Soul Invictus

Haran,

Thank you...I knew I addressed it before, however for the life of me, I blanked on thinking of a keyword that might make the post stand out in a search!
:banghead: Thanks!

Haran

No problem.