Has anybody here ever compared the various concordances and Bible dictionaries? If so, what did you find?

Question

Has anybody here ever compared the various concordances and Bible dictionaries? If so, what did you find?

Answer 1

Aye, the dictionaries at least. I have compared the following: Smith's Bible Dictionary, Impe's Prophecy Dictionary, Nave's Topical Bible, Torrey's Topical Textbook, Baker's Evangelical dictionary of Biblical Theology, Easton's Bible Dictionary, Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible, and Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary. There are so many discrepancies, mistranslations, and contradictory explanations between them that I just put them all back on the shelves. While most of them gave various views on mistranslations found in the King James Version Bible, some used other translations and still gave different beliefs on the same translations. In my opinion, they are all about worthless.

Answer 2

I am a Pastor from Canada.

I have used many concordance and Dictionaries.



I use the Douay Rheims version and the King James Version of the Scriptures, as the Douay is founded on the Catholic Latin Vulgate, and the King james is founded on the Protestant used Codex receptis.

I also own one lexicon of the Hebrew Scriptures, One greek lexicon of the New Testament and a greek-english lexicon of the Septuagint(greek old testament).



Most lexicons can be used with Strongs Concordance, which is by far, the best.



For Commentaries, I use many, Jeromes biblical Commentary and Matthew Henry's are the best from both the catholic and protestant standpoints.

Answer 3

Strong's Concordance is for strong Bible students.

Young's Analytical Bible concordance is for young students.

Answer 4

Yes, I have Strong's concordance, which is keyed to the King James Version, and another one keyed to the Revised Standard Version because I like that translation better.



Strong's is a lot more useful, IMO, and seems to be the standard for amateurs and laypeople (i.e. those who aren't going to go learn the ancient languages themselves).

Answer 5

I' ve found that the name of the Creator Yahweh is clearly given in these sources, Yet worldly religions still worship Gods and Lords.



Look up the word Baal and Lord in your bible dictionary. And then ask your religious leader why do they teach you to worship those titles.