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Although I am not a Greek or Hebrew scholar, I have discovered a great way of finding the meaning of words in the Bible. I look up individual words in the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance. It contains the Hebrew and Greek dictionary in the back. This huge book is a treasure. The Lord continues to quicken its definitions to my ears. You may be very surprised as to its enlarged meaning. It is wonderful to hear the Lord this way!
If you have a promise from the Lord, it is very helpful to look up each prominent word in the Greek and Hebrew dictionary. As an example, one night I heard the Lord say, “There will I make the horn of David to bud.” (Psalm 132:17 KJ) Immediately I saw a picture - vision of my young son’s new tooth! In the morning, I looked up the word “horn” in the Strong’s Concordance. A number is recorded beside the verse containing horn. (7161) I looked up this number in the Hebrew dictionary in the back, and it defines horn in that particular verse as: {a horn as projecting, a flask, cornet, elephant’s TOOTH, corner, mountain peak, ray of light, power.} He was sharing with me I would bud forth, like a tooth, in the growth of His power; as in a process, not a one time experience.
In the same period, I was told a friend’s dream in which she and I were on a journey to the Holy City. Along the way, we viewed a beautiful row of mountain peaks, in lovely color and in a perfect line. The Lord quickened to me the remainder of the promised verse: “There will I make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.” (Psalm 132:17 KJ) Ordained means {to set in a row, to array in orderly fashion, stretch in a straight line}. (6186 Heb.) I understood that my life would be set in a row, just like the mountain peaks she saw. There would be order in my growing and budding forth.
A good book that companions with Strong’s is Gesenius. Gesenius is a Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament numerically coded to Strong’s. It is an optional companion to use with Strong’s. An example of using Gesenius: One night I was given a vision of a wild bull. I was in heaven looking down upon a vast wilderness plain. All of a sudden I saw a wild bull running fast and strong. Its gait was graceful and free. Later He gave me the scripture, “His burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” (Isaiah 10:27 KJ) I looked up the word anointing in Strong’s. The number was 8081. Then I looked up the number 8081 in Gesenius. It mentioned that 8081 and Isaiah 10:27, were metaphors of a bull growing so big it breaks its yokes!
Over and over again, these two books have blessed my portion of hearing ears, simply because I have taken the time to look up words. Without them, I would not have found the depth of what I heard and saw in relation to His promises. It takes time and discipline to look up words. Yet, looking up words is related to DEFINITIONS which is what building a new spiritual vocabulary is all about. The more extensive our understanding of definitions, the broader our hearing capacity will be.
Instructions for looking up your own verses and finding the Greek and Hebrew definitions in Strong’s are:
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IN CONTEXT OF OTHER SCRIPTURES
Studying the original language from what the Bible was written can help you understand the word better. After we look up the word in Strong’s Concordance to learn of its definition, then we can also look up in the Englishman’s Concordance. The Englishman’s Concordance generates a list of scriptures that use that same identical Hebrew or Greek word. The list of scriptures are found by typing in the Strong’s number.
Seeing how the word is used in the context of other scriptures, gives a broader understanding of its meaning and how to apply it. This way of studying scripture gives a more thorough understanding.
Englishman’s Concordance is a part of PC Study Bible, which I highly recommend for any Bible student.
Another good resource: Free eSword
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