The ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament

by John Schwandt

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2009

Overview

This resource requires the ESV.

Logos Bible Software, in partnership with German Bible Society and Crossway Bibles, has produced this state-of-the-art New Testament reverse interlinear. This unique interlinear breaks with the convention of traditional interlinear texts by keeping the English as the top-line entry and placing the Greek text underneath it. This approach allows you to see firsthand the accuracy with which the ESV translators rendered the Greek text. Logos Bible Software holds the exclusive digital license to the ESV Reverse Interlinear.

The ESV is an "essentially literal" translation of the Bible, emphasizing word-for-word accuracy and precision along with literary beauty and readability. The publishers of the ESV have partnered with Logos Research Systems, the premier Bible research software developer, to publish this helpful resource. It will benefit anyone from serious Bible scholars to those who simply desire to study the English text of the New Testament as closely as possible to the original.

Valuable Resources Included

• Dictionary form of each Greek word
• Morphology of each Greek word
• Strong’s numbers for effective KeyLinking to Strongs-number-based tools
• Transliterations of all Greek words for easy pronunciation

The ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the New Testament combines original language studies, advanced Bible study report capabilities, and one of the most popular, familiar Bible translations, the English Standard Version, into a complete Bible study tool. Now your Bible studies don't have to stop with simply reading a passage and doing simple word studies with a concordance or lexicon. You can venture into new language syntax studies, using an advanced, morphologically coded database to provide expert results on any original language study.

About This Resource

This state-of-the-art reverse interlinear of the New Testament breaks with the convention of traditional interlinear texts by keeping the English as the top line entry and placing the Greek text underneath it. This approach allows you to see firsthand the accuracy with which the translators of the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV) rendered the Greek text.

The ESV is an "essentially literal" translation of the Bible, emphasizing word-for-word accuracy and precision along with literary beauty and readability. It will benefit anyone from serious Bible scholars to those who simply desire to study the English text of the New Testament as closely as possible to the original.

Valuable Resources Included

• Dictionary form of each Greek word
• Morphology of each Greek word
• Strong's numbers for effective KeyLinking to Strongs-number-based tools
• Transliterations of all Greek words for easy pronunciation

Benefits of the Reverse Interlinear Text

The ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the New Testament opens up enormous possibilities of ways to study the original language text of the New Testament. The structure of a Reverse Interlinear presents the modern original language words together, so the translation is taken all the way to the specific word level. It is one thing to read a text that has been translated by someone else, or that gives you phrase or sentence level translations. But with the ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear electronic text, you have the ability to see direct translations for every word in the Greek New Testament. This makes direct study of a specific word easy, with original language tools only a click away.

Product Details

• Title: The English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament English Standard Version
• Author: John Schwandt
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2009
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: RVI:ESVNT
• Resource Type: Reverse Interlinear
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-23T23:25:58Z

About John Schwandt

Dr. John D. Schwandt is president of Redemption Seminary. Prior to this role, he served as the Executive Director of Mobile Education for Faithlife. Before coming to Faithlife, he was one of the original professors at New Saint Andrews College where he taught Greek and New Testament for 17 years. He has over a decade of experience teaching online and developing distance educational curricula.

He is the author of a comprehensive beginning Greek grammar, An introduction to Biblical Greek (Lehxam Press, 2020). He was the general editor of the English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament: English Standard Version (Crossway Books, 2006), and he recorded an audio version of the Greek New Testament for the German Bible Society. You have heard his voice if you have clicked on any Greek word to hear it pronounced in Logos Bible Software.

Schwandt earned his doctorate in Bible translation at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. He earned his master of arts from Westminster Theological Seminary in California, and he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Idaho.