[B-Greek] Re:biblical greek dictionaries

Eric Biggs ericb at gracechurchreno.org
Thu Dec 29 11:49:13 EST 2005


Michael Ledford had asked, "How does one evaluate the helpfulness or usefulness of such a lexicon?"

I have Thayers, Louw & Nida's, Frieberg and the BDAG.  I evaluate the BDAG as being the best due to it's comprensiveness, (which I don't always think that "more is better", but this tome outshines Thayers and Frieberg).  In my opinion due to the semantic domain set-up of Louw & Nida, I would put it in a different category of Lexicon which I think should also be used side by side with the BDAG in exegetical work.

Though, I would put Louw & Nida in a close 2nd and 3rd in the top 3 list that George recommends, I do see the value of his recommendation...what would be your fourth pick, George?


In Christ,

Eric Biggs
zealous student
Reno, NV USA


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