Spiritual Toolbox: Word Study Method of Bible Study

Method Seven – The Word Study Method of Bible Study ~ Chart: HTML / PDF

 

Tools

Bible and several alternate translations

Exhaustive concordance

Bible dictionary or encyclopedia

Set of word studies

English dictionary

 

Hints

·         Remember that often a single word in the original language may be replaced by many different words, or even phrases, when translated into English.

·         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.

 

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

1.      How often does it occur?

2.      In which books is it found?

3.      In which book is it used most?

4.      Where does the word first appear?

5.      Where does it first appear in the book you are studying?

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 of Bible Study

 

Adoption Adversary Apostle Atonement Baptize Believe Bless Body Call Chasten Christ Church Confess Covenant Death Disciple Everlasting Evil

Faint Faith Favour Fear Fellowship Flesh Good Gospel Grace Hear Hell Holy Hope Immanuel Iniquity Jehovah Jesus Judgment

Kingdom Know Law Laying on of Hands Life Light Lord Love Lust Manifest Marriage Mediator Meek Mercy Mind Minister Miracle Mystery

Name Obey Passover Peace Perfect Perish Preach Propitiation Reconcile Redeem Remnant Repent Rest Resurrection Righteous Sabbath Sacrifice Saint

Sanctify Save Servant Sin Soul Spirit Temptation Trial Truth Understand Vain Vision Watch Wisdom Witness Word World Worship

 

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