Mark WardWhen Jesus is asked to sum up the law, he responds with two commands involving love: In both commands, the English translation “love” translates the Greek verb agapao. Partly because agape is one of those Greek words that many theologically literate...
Oh man. They give me these topics sometimes. I’m supposed to make responsible Bible word studies “easy.” Next week: Middle East Peace Negotiations for Beginners. But no—we can do this. We can. Because the key word is “responsible,” and that mainly...
I love writing for sharp readers; they keep me on my toes. Once, in my post “The Easy Way to Do a Responsible Bible Word Study,” after studying the word hilasterion, one of them presented me with a challenge: Can we do a high-quality Bible word...
Word studies are a treasure trove . . . and a minefield. Somehow you have to weave through the dangers to get the treasures. Think for a moment: if you were about to enter such a field, what would you want to know about first? The gold or the bombs...
Morris ProctorI recently clarified for a fellow Logos user the various Bibles being used in the Bible Word Study Guide. Since there was a little confusion, I thought I’d use the answer as a basis for this hopefully helpful (but certainly not exciting!) blog. If...
Logos StaffWord studies are a gold mine—and a minefield. Why? Because it’s tempting to derive too much significance from a single biblical word. (We’re looking at you, agape.) With that in mind, here are six steps that will help you mine the gold without...
A question I’ve answered several times recently goes something like this: A Senses ring appears in the Guide, Bible Word Study. What are the numbers to the right of the senses underneath the ring? First, we need to generate a Bible Word...
I was recently assisting a Logos user with his sermon preparation for Luke 19:11–19. The research included examining the Greek lemma sozo in verse 19 and discerning whether it refers to physical or spiritual healing. Locating all occurrences of sozo...
I recently received the following scenario from a Logos user: I’m studying a Greek word that is translated “walk” as in Ephesians 4:1. When I generate a Bible Word Study report for the Greek lemma I see all the ways the lemma is translated in my...
As you’ve probably heard, Logos 7 is here! And it’s packed full of new features and tools! I’m honored that the folks at Faithlife have asked me to write blog posts about my favorite seven new features in Logos 7. With all the great new...
At a recent Camp Logos while I was instructing about the Bible Word Study Guide, someone asked about the Translation ring which shows how a Hebrew or Greek lemma is translated in an English Bible. The question was basically this: How can I change...
When seeking to determine the contextual meaning of a biblical word, it’s helpful to see where that word is used elsewhere in Scripture. Often times where and how a word is used in other parts of the Bible shed light on its meaning in the passage...
Today’s post is from Morris Proctor, certified and authorized trainer for Logos Bible Software. Morris, who has trained thousands of Logos users at his two-day Camp Logos seminars, provides many training materials. A Logos user recently presented me...
Today’s post is from Morris Proctor, certified and authorized trainer for Logos Bible Software. Morris, who has trained thousands of Logos users at his two-day Camp Logos seminars, provides many training materials. A Logos user recently asked...
I sometimes receive emails from Logos users asking about finding different search results for a Greek lemma (dictionary form of a word) when searching different Bibles. For example, a search for a Greek word in the NASB may yield three results...
Today’s post is from Morris Proctor, certified and authorized trainer for Logos Bible Software. Morris has trained thousands of Logos users at his two-day Camp Logos training seminars. A Logos user recently posted this question at mpseminars...
Phil GonsSince it’s Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S., I thought I’d do a little analysis of the primary thanksgiving word in Greek New Testament, the verb εὐχαριστέω, which means “thank, gives thanks to.” I’m primarily...
Rick BrannanIt seems a good thing to have one place we can point to for a listing of all of the posts on the Bible Word Study report. So here it is. If you’ve recently stumbled across the Logos Bible Software Blog, then you’ve likely missed some of...
This is the seventh and final portion of my series on the Bible Word Study (BWS) report. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve blogged on this topic, but it is time to wrap up the thread. Since we’ve only discussed how the Bible Word...
This is the sixth post in my on-going series on the Bible Word Study (BWS) report. This post will look into the Lemma Report sections of the BWS report. To refresh our collective memories, we’re looking at 1Th 2.16. Here it is in the reverse...
This is the fifth post in my on-going series on the Bible Word Study (BWS) report. This post will look into the Translation section of the BWS report. To refresh our collective memories, we’re looking at 1Th 2.16. Here it is in the reverse...
This is the second part of the fourth post in my on-going series on the Bible Word Study report. This post will look a little further into the Grammatical Relationships section. Our previous foray into the Grammatical Relationships section is here...
It is time for the third installment in our series about the Bible Word Study Report (BWS). Parts 1-3 involved: Part I: Running BWS from ESV NT Reverse Interlinear Part II: Report Header Part III: KeyLinks To refresh our collective memories...
We’ve talked about how to start up the report with a Greek word from the ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear, and we’ve talked about the report header. Today we talk about the KeyLink section of the Bible Word Study report. To refresh...
A few days back, I blogged about the Bible Word Study report. There I talked about how to run the Bible Word Study report on the underlying Greek word from an English text. In that post, we started the process of running a Bible Word Study on the...
I’m in a home Bible study group that is studying First Thessalonians. So I was reading it the other morning, working through the second half of chapter 2. I stumbled across the following. Note the italicised phrase: 14 For you, brothers...
Mary JahnkeLogos is built to help you dig deeper into the Word—but you can go about that in so many ways it can be overwhelming. I know. Even with the free version of Logos, I wasn’t sure where to go first. Then I got Logos Gold, and there...
Do you know what a ramification is? Yeah, you do; you’ve heard the word, and you’ve probably used it. It’s kind of hard to come up with a definition on the spot, though, so I will help you. My dictionary defines a ramification as “a consequence of...
Karen EngleWhat Bible study methods are the best? First, what’s important is not how you engage with the Bible but that you do it. Because the Word of God is “living and active” (Heb 4:12)—how God chose to communicate with the people he created—the simple act...
Dr. Steve Runge explains what to do when you see “for” in the Bible (0:10), and the Logos Pro team shows you how to create custom study Bibles in Logos (3:15). Keep learning how language works with Dr. Runge Our understanding of the Greek New...