[B-Greek] English-Greek Dictionary--Desideratum

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Dec 9 05:52:15 EST 2008


On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Vasile Stancu wrote:

> I think I have an alternative; here is just an example of one entry:
> http://greaca-veche.xhost.ro/LNT-Test.htm
> What do you think? The definitions are in Romanian, but this is not  
> really a
> problem, since, I believe, the collection of references is more  
> important
> than the definition - whatever the language. If one is interested in a
> certain word, it is worth just reading the references, one after  
> another,
> and thus a comprehensive image would forge itself into the multiple  
> facets
> it may possess.

This is, in effect, a concordance, which is in itself a useful thing:  
a listing of all the Biblical texts in which the word appears. That's  
one basis for validating a definition, but it has the limitation of  
not including extra-biblical usage, even extra-biblical usage  
contemporary with LXX or GNT writers.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Webb Mealy
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:17 AM
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [B-Greek] English-Greek Dictionary--Desideratum
>
> An English-Koine dictionary--or perhaps, for NT scholars, an  
> intelligent
> annotated index to BAGD--would be worth its weight in gold. Does  
> anyone have
> a better system for English-Greek reference than putting english  
> words into
> the LSJ index  on Perseus?
>
> There are many times when, in order to form a confident sense of  
> what the
> person was trying to say, I needed to gain a sense of what other  
> vocabulary
> choices they had available to them for expressing something similar.
>
> Anybody else think this is a good idea? I suppose the risk is that an
> English definition word index to BAGD, for the purposes described,  
> would be
> too patchy--leaving out important synonyms that by chance didn't  
> happen to
> make it into BAGD because they didn't appear in the NT and early  
> Christian
> lit. I'd still buy it though!
>
> Webb Mealy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl Conrad
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:44 AM
> To: Leonard Isaksson
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Woodhouse English-Greek Dictionary, from  
> Samizdate
> express
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Leonard Isaksson wrote:
>
>> It seems to me like I recall someone(s) here asking about where to
>> find
>> this book.  I came across this while looking for something else.  In
>> case that someone is still looking, I thought I would link this.
>>
>> It is a CD of the book which was made to have a searchable feature,
>> the
>> fellow explains that.
>>
>> Leonard Isaksson
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Leonard Isaksson <leonard.i at cheqnet.net>
>>> Date: December 6, 2008 9:25:14 AM CST
>>> To: 'Leonard Isaksson' <leonardo1orchardcity at mac.com>
>>> Subject: Woodhouse English-Greek Dictionary, <i>created 5/6/2007</i>
>>>
>>> <http://samizdat.stores.yahoo.net/woodhouse.html>
>
> This is a fine and important book, but its title is actually,  
> "English-
> Greek Dictionary A Vocabulary of the Attic Language." It usefulness to
> those whose interest is primarily in GNT is questionable; I remember
> finding it invaluable when doing Greek composition in graduate school
> half a century ago (the work is dated 1907).
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)







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