How to Quickly Locate Parts of Speech in a Book of the Bible

I really enjoy getting questions from Logos users, especially the questions I’ve never encountered before.

Here is a case in point:

I’ll spare you the details of why I need the information, but is there a way to locate all of the Greek verbs in 1 John?

Actually, there are multiple ways to accomplish this task, but in this blog article, I’ll suggest just one: the Concordance Tool.

Try this out:

• Choose Tools | Reference | Concordance (A)

• Select an interlinear Bible from the Bible drop-down list, such as NASB, ESV, KJV, etc. (Please note, if this is the first time using the Concordance with that Bible it will take a couple of minutes to build the report.) (B)
• Select Lemma from the reference drop-down list (C)
• Set the verse range drop-down list to 1 John (D)

• Select Verb in the left sidebar (E)
• Notice on the right you are now looking at all of the verbs in 1 John! (F)

This is but one of many practical uses for the Concordance Tool in Bronze and above packages.

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