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Method Seven - The Word Study Method of Bible Study 7.1 - Tools 7.1.1 - Bible and several alternate translations 7.1.2 - Exhaustive concordance 7.1.3 - Bible dictionary or encyclopedia 7.1.4 - Set of word studies 7.1.5 - English dictionary 7.2 - Hints 7.2.1 - Remember that often a single word in the original language may be replaced by many different words, or even phrases, when translated into English. 7.2.2 - An exhaustive concordance such as Strong's or Young's are especially valuable for this study since they associate each discrete original word to its English translation. 7.3 - Steps Step 1 - Choose the word you will study Step 2 - Find its English definition in the English dictionary Step 3 - Compare treatments of the word in the various translations Step 4 - Note the definition of the original word (Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic) Step 5 - Discover just where the word is used in the Bible 7.3.5.1 - How often does it occur? 7.3.5.2 - In which books is it found? 7.3.5.3 - In which book is it used most? 7.3.5.4 - Where does the word first appear? 7.3.5.5 - Where does it first appear in the book you are studying? 7.3.5.6 - Which writers used the word? Step 6 - Find the origin and root meaning of the word, how the word was used by the secular culture of the day Step 7 - Determine how the word was used in the Bible and how it would have been understood in the culture to which the Bible was originally addressed Step 8 - Write an application A Suggested List of Key Words for the Word Study Method
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