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Septuagint and NT Searches


MatthewJames

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If I'm using my ESV with Strongs and I'm in Ephesians 1:1 and I want to find every usage of the Greek word for "Christ" in both the NT and the LXX, what's the quickest and easiest way to do that? Can I do it in one search or do I have to use multiple searches? 

 

Would the "Greek Bible: Old Testament (Septuagint) and New Testament" module be useful for what I would be trying to do? Are the texts really optimal? I think I'd rather search the NA than the W/H right? And what's the difference between Swete and Rahlf's? I have Rahlf's now.

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Correct. One search in "Greek Bible (LXX + GNT)" for Χριστός will get you that.

 

It depends on what detail you're looking for. For a quick look it's fine.

 

Modern texts will obviously be more helpful, and you would need to have two linked searches, but it will only show you the results for each search in each text because they're different texts (despite the common language). 

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Is there anywhere other than the HELP file that would be a good place to learn how to do "linked" searches? 

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Hi, the WH and Swete are both "modern" texts and are largely what are currently accepted as GNT, (Swete not so much for LXX, but I'll let the LXX aficionados weigh in on that one. Certainly not my area of expertise). 

 

Doug's suggestion of a linked search would be the way I would go unless I really wanted to analyse across the testaments. And I would tend to use the NA28 and the Rahlf's, but the results will be very similar.

 

For example. in NA28, Χριστός in it's various forms occurs 529 times., in WH it occurs 531 times. the difference being mat 16:21 and rev 22:21. Both apparently well attested interpolations.

 

Swete has 51 occurrences and Rahlfs 50. (not counting the parallel texts in Rahlfs). The Swete v Rahlfs differences are at 2 Sam 2:5; 2 Chr 6:42 and Swete has it at 2 Sam 23:3 and Rahlfs doesn't.

 

So as you can see there are very few differences in the major texts. The LXX gurus will have an important contribution I'm sure, but the beginnings of an answer are above.

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