Basic Search Question

[Ingo Sorke]

How do I find all/only the plural occurrences of pneuvma in the New Testament with Accordance? Any case.

Then I need to copy/paste a list of those (34?) verses (references only, no actual texts) into Word.

 

Thanks, Ingo

[jpkang]

Search GNT-T for

 

πνευμα@ [NOUN PLURAL]

 

Select all results (cmd-a) and press cmd-opt-r to copy as references (Edit > Copy As > References).

 

You should get the following when you paste:

 

Matt 8:16; 10:1; 12:45; Mark 1:27; 3:11; 5:13; 6:7; Luke 4:36; 6:18; 7:21; 8:2; 10:20; 11:26; Acts 5:16; 8:7; 19:12?13; 1 Cor 12:10; 14:12, 32; 1 Tim 4:1; Heb 1:7, 14; 12:9, 23; 1 Pet 3:19; 1 John 4:1; Rev 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6; 16:13?14; 22:6

[Ingo Sorke]

Perfect - thanks!

 

Couldn't find a script/legend/sample list in Accordance Help for such Constructs, nor an option for number [=plural] in the Greek Construct window. So . . . teach me to fish: In what area of Accordance would I figure this out without J.P.?

 

Thanks again.

[Joel Brown]

Perfect - thanks!

 

Couldn't find a script/legend/sample list in Accordance Help for such Constructs, nor an option for number [=plural] in the Greek Construct window.

 

Thanks again.

 

All of the specific options are under their respective part of speech. So, to do the same thing in a construct, first drag a LEX and specify pneuvma, then add a NOUN below it, and you can specify the number in the dialog that appears.

 

If you ever want to do a grammatical aspect that is not limited to the part of speech, just drag the ANY tag out and type in what you want, in this case 'plural'. Of course, they are all NOUNs, so its the same thing.

[Ingo Sorke]

Thanks Joel. I'd need some examples though, as I only get error messages like "There are no search windows set up to display the search results from the front construct window . . . "

 

In other words, LEX = pneuvma + Noun - plural doesn't do the trick in the Construct window. I haven't gotten into how Accordance thinks but would like to utilize complex search constructs (I teach Greek!). A whole list of different examples might help.

[Joel Brown]

I'd highly recommend watching podcasts #19 and #21. #19 talks about the specifics of construct searches in general, both how to build them and link them to your search windows. #21 is specifically for Greek Constructs and will give you lots of great examples to work with. If you haven't subscribed to them yet, you can also watch them directly on our podcasts page.

 

Specifically for your example, you just have to link the construct window to a search window to display the results. This is shift-command-L or LINK from the Enter Commands submenu of the Search menu.

 

As an example, here's a picture of the search we are talking about:

 

 

[Ingo Sorke]

Thank you so much Joel. It works. Can't call it a natural, intuitive workflow, but it works. Shouldn't a simple "Enter" in the Construct do all the linking? Too many steps?! I'm trying to think Apple, Mac, Apple, Mac, simple . . . Thanks again. I'm off and running now.

[Joel Brown]

The fundamental problem with the workflow you describe is that it is limiting. However, if you create the construct with the entry box selected in your search window, it will automatically link the two. But, what if you have multiple constructs powering multiple search windows? Or what if you want to search the LXX rather than the GNT-T? I was doing a recent search study involving the syntax database that had 4 search tabs powered by 3 constructs. Linking them was easy, but I had to deliberately tell which to go to which. Had Accordance started guessing for me, I would have been unable to do the search.

[David Lang]

Ingo,

 

You don't really need to use the Construct for simple searches like this one. In a regular Search window, when you want to constrain a word with a grammatical tag, simply enter the word (pneuma), then choose the appropriate part of speech (Noun) from the Enter Tag submenu of the Search menu. In the dialog box, select the details you want from the appropriate submenu (plural). Click OK, and Accordance will automatically insert the search syntax J.P. described.

 

If you want to use a Construct window, you can do that and have it automatically link to your Search window as follows:

 

In the Search window, hit the tab key to select the entire contents of the argument entry box BEFORE opening a Construct window. If everything in the argument entry box is selected, then Accordance assumes you want to link that Search window with the new Construct window you're opening, and it will therefore insert the LINK command for you. Otherwise, Accordance will not insert the LINK command because it does not want to replace an existing search you may not want to lose.

 

That said, perhaps we should consider making the error message for an unlinked Construct window more intelligent, say by bringing up a list of available search windows to link from, with an additional option to create a completely new search window. I'll have to suggest that for a future rev.

[Ingo Sorke]

Thanks! I'm getting "a feel" for the process now.