Performing a Word Study
A Word Study is the examination of the origin, definition, occurrences and uses a particular word as it relates to the context of a passage of Scripture. This type of study will help the student of the Word to learn as precisely as possible what the biblical writer meant by the word he used. When conducting a Word Study, the following tools should be employed: Study Bible, Exhaustive Concordance, Bible Dictionary and Bible Encyclopedia, set of Word Studies, a good English dictionary. A few things should be noted before beginning one's study:
STEPS:(the chart below will help record the information found in the various steps)
Adapted from: Bible Study Methods (Zondervan Publishers)
- Sometimes several Hebrew or Greek words are translated by just one English word.
- Sometimes one Hebrew or Greek word is translated several different ways in English.
- Sometimes one Hebrew or Greek word is translated by a whole phrase in English.
STEPS:(the chart below will help record the information found in the various steps)
- Choose a word to study.
- Find and record the English definition; include synonyms and antonyms of the word.
- Find and record the original word and definition using an exhaustive concordance or word study.
- Record the word's occurrences in the Bible. Make note of how many time the word occurs in the Bible as a whole and individual books as well.
- Find the root meaning and origin of the word by using a Bible dictionary, Bible encyclopedia or word study set.
- Discover the word’s usage in the Bible. How was the word used in other writings at the time it was used in the Bible? How is the word used in the Bible? How was the word used in the context of the passage.
- Write an application: is there a truth to learn?; a pattern to follow?; a precept to obey?; a principle to obey?
- Make the study transferable. How can someone else benefit from what has been learned? How could this study help someone else?
Adapted from: Bible Study Methods (Zondervan Publishers)
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