Indexes to All Editions of BDB Hebrew English Lexicon

Although Thayer's Lexicon is alphabetical according to the 5624 Greek words of the Bible, the 8674 Hebrew-Aramaic words of the Old Testament are not alphabetical in the most used Hebrew lexicon, Brown-Driver-Briggs - Gesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon. These words are listed according to the root words of the Hebrew. The result is this: If the reader does not know the root word of the word under study, he will need to have an index to tell him where the definition, history, use in other languages, where the various scripture references may be found, etc. This index lists the Hebrew and Aramaic words in alphabetical order, gives the Strong's Concordance number assigned to it by James Strong, and the exact page and column where the word may be found and discussed. To facilitate its use in connection with The Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament (where the Strong's number is printed directly over the word, this index lists the Strong's numbers in their numerical order in the first column. Then the alphabetical listing of the Hebrew words is in the second column. The third column then gives the page and column where the word is discussed in the Hebrew lexicon. This takes all the mystery, and the frustration, out of using the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-Aramaic lexicons. Even the learned Hebrew scholars are apt to forget the root word unless he or she is constantly using them in regular practice. The student, or pastor, or other serious student, will be very unlikely to remember all the root words. Therefore, they will find this index a welcome help to quick and ready study of any of the 8674 words that may be under investigation. While the Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon lists all the 5624 Greek words alphabetically, and do not give the student difficulty in finding its discussion, it still will be useful when taking the Strong's number and tracing down the corresponding word through the index, thus finding at once the page and column where the word under study