Morris Proctor
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.
We read in John 3:16 that “God so loved the world.” Grammatically, world is the direct object of the verb loved. So maybe we wonder, “Where else in the New Testament does world function as a direct object?”
One way to find out is with a simple syntax search:
- Click the Search icon to open the search panel.
- Select Syntax as the search type. (Note that Syntax search doesn’t appear in the Starter base package.) (A)
- Select All Passages from the range dropdown list (B).
- Select the CSGNT from the Bible dropdown list (C).
- Click Query (D).
- Select English Object (Cascadia) (E).
- Type world in the English Object box (F).
- Press the Enter key to generate the search.
We’ve just discovered all the places any Greek word translated world serves as a direct object in the New Testament! (G)
To locate a specific Greek word functioning as an object of a verb, try this:
- Select Object (Cascadia) from the dropdown query list (H).
- Type this in the Greek Object box: g:kosmos (I).
- Select the Greek word that appears in the dropdown list under the box (J).
- Press the Enter key to generate the search.
This time, we found every place the Greek lemma kosmos serves as an object of a verb! (K)
Notice some of the results:
- Gain the world
- Condemn the world
- Love the world
- Save the world
- Convict the world
- Judge the world
- Reconcile the world
- Overcome the world
This simple search launches a very interesting topical study regarding kosmos.
Brian Collins
Mark Barnes
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