Category: Greek
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Selected Works of Origen in Accordance
Accordance has released Greek and English editions of select works of Origen. There is one important thing to know about what sets this module apart from other digital editions: The Greek text has been hand tagged by Rex Koivisto of Multnomah University. Rex is behind many of Accordance’s tagged Greek text. His work is always […]
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The Ideal Concordance
I find myself using the Word Usage live-click feature of Accordance more and more over the past couple weeks. In this simple 3-column (2 zone) workspace, I have it in the right-hand tool zone along with lexica and a verse lookup live-click tab. A single click on a word shows me all the occurrences of […]
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Wearing “Disclosure” and “Truth” Before the Lord
Exodus 28:30 You shall place on the breastplate of judgment ‘disclosure’ and ‘truth,’ (τὴν δήλωσιν καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν) and it will be on Aaron’s chest when he enters into the holy place before the Lord. That’s how the Septuagint says it. The Vulgate is similar: You shall put on the oracle of judgment ‘instruction’ and […]
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Finding Similar Words with an Accordance Root Search
I wrote about the power of the INFER search in Accordance for finding similar wording, but sometimes a simple root search is all you need. Check out this example. When reading Exodus 26 this morning, I came across ἀγκωνίσκους (small hinge, hook), and I knew that word looked familiar, but it’s actually a hapax. Why […]
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Accordance Workspaces for Digital Reading
The Accordance Workspaces Series demonstrates how to use Accordance as a digital reading companion to a print text, but there are times when I want to read digitally. In this post, I’ll demonstrate a few workspaces for digital reading. Lectionary/English Bible For lectionary/English Bible reading, I have I have a saved workspace with the following […]
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A Simple Accordance Setup to Use as a Reading Companion
When using Accordance as a reading companion, sometimes I want a more simple, focused workspace. In this post, I’ll demonstrate a simple workspace that answers the most frequent questions that arise while reading from a print text. This post is part of the Accordance Workspaces series. The series focuses on workspaces that will be helpful […]
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Accordance Workspaces for Comparing OT Versions
As you read the Old Testament, sometimes you can’t help but wonder what the other ancient versions might have for certain words. In this post, I’ll show you three ways to compare the ancient versions of the OT in Accordance. This post is part of the Accordance Workspaces series. The series focuses on workspaces that […]
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Finding Similar Wording with Accordance’s INFER Command
What do you do when you want to find passages with similar wording, but your cross references are no help? Accordance’s INFER search is very helpful here. The INFER command is the kind of searching tool behind works like Biblical Quotations and Allusions in Second Temple Jewish Literature, a reference resource that is basically a […]
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Accordance Workspaces Series
In this series, I demonstrate how to use Accordance as an ideal reading companion. The series focuses on workspaces that will be helpful for those reading the Bible in its ancient versions. An Accordance Workspace for All The Things Hebrew-Greek Equivalents with the TEXT command in Accordance Searching for Similar Words with Accordance’s INFER Command […]
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An Accordance Workspace for All the Things
Many people think of Accordance, and Bible software in general, as a place to go in order to perform a complicated specialty search in the biblical text. Accordance can, however, be much more than that if you can easily shift between workspaces. Comfortable workspaces are the key. If you try to use the same workspace […]
Brian W. Davidson 