Greek/Hebrew lexicon suggestions

[Larry Wing]

I have BDAG and HALOT but they are confusing to my wife as they contain too much information (inclusion of other Greek/Hebrew words, outside references, etc). She would like something that has basic information such as dictionary, tense,  and brief usage information.  Any suggestions?

[Abram K-J]

Have you tried Mounce for Greek (here) and Kohlenberger/Mounce for Hebrew (here)?

[Larry Wing]

Abram, yes we've looked at those and she's using those now but wishes there was a little more information.

[Abram K-J]

For Greek, I'm guessing Newman might be too sparse, then, too? Have you tried Thayer?

 

For Hebrew, the Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew could be a good bet.

[Philip Arellond]

Louw and Nida is both good and concise. Some linguists (writing in on the B-Greek forum) say that it makes use of more recent  linguistic thinking in a way that even BDAG does not. At the same time it is not written in an overly technical way. Nor is it written in linguistic jargon. 

[Paul Meiklejohn]

This has been really helpful.  I didn't realise that I even had Louw and Nida, having joust found it in my library it's perfect for my level of Greek.  BDAG is excellent, but sometimes I just want a concise explanation without a myriad of external references. My research path will now be:

1) Mounce Gk Dict (Triple-Click) > 2) Mounce Expository Dict., (if he has a direct link), > 3)  Louw and Nida > 4) BDAG.  

 

The disatavatage of having such a large library is that things easily get forgotten or overlooked.

Edited February 19, 2016 by Paul Meiklejohn

[EricC]

The disatavatage of having such a large library is that things easily get forgotten or overlooked.

 

That is so true! It's OT here, but that's why I'd like a way to individually prioritize commentaries by book of the Bible by the individual commentary authors, not by the series they're in.

[Ken Simpson]

For Hebrew I find Concise DCH pretty good. I would prefer Halladay for it’s aramaic, but DCH works fine as a low intermediate Hebrew lexicon IMHO.

 

Louw-Nida is definitely a great lexicon and is more aware of current linguistic thinking than BDAG.

[ukfraser]

What about BDB? http://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=BDB+Complete or is too much like HALOT?

Edited February 19, 2016 by ukfraser

[Helen Brown]

I highly recommend the Theological Wordbook of the OT, especially for a layperson.

[Larry Wing]

Sorry for late post.

 

Thanks all for your suggestions.  She's looking at the various options.  We have LN and it's an option...Still looking at Hebrew resources.