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[WhiteWings]

I found this quote online

 

The Hebrew word for magnify literally means a twisting together like the twisting of a three-fold cord. The word implies the increase of something until it is larger than what is being compared to it.

 

What's the best way to verify that statement using Accordance?

When using Google I would type something like: Magnify twisting cord strands.
I tried a word seach. Trie to use the Research function. They all give results but none of them are about all or even most words. I find entries about ropes and magnify, but nothing that uses both words.

 

 

I want to make clear, I'm not asking if the statement is doctrinally sound.

[Mark Allison]

Are you wanting to know whether the Hebrew/Aramaic word translated "magnify" in English bibles means "a twisting together like the twisting of a three-fold cord," or whether the Greek word translated "magnify" has that meaning?

[JonathanHuber]

The best way to figure out what a word means is just to look up the word in a Hebrew dictionary. Search for magnify in an English translation like ESVS, amplify the word to a simple lexicon like Kohlenberger or a classic scholarly lexicon like HALOT. You could also consult an expository dictionary like Renn's or Mounce, or look at a commentary on the passage in question and see if it comments on the word. Whichever method you choose, you'll see that the word does not "literally" mean twisting together. It means something like making great or becoming great, which is what our word magnify means in English too.  (I'd guess that whoever wrote what you read was influenced by Eccl. 4:12.)

 

 

I get nervous every time someone says "this word literally means...." Pineapple does not literally mean anything related to pine or apple. The origin of the word is related to pine+apple as you can see by consulting an English dictionary, but the literal meaning is simply pineapple.

[WhiteWings]

Reply to both of you.

 

My question is about how to use Accordance to find an answer to statements made in what I quoted.
I'm aware I can find 'magnify' in lexicons, but the ones I have give results very similar to what Jonathan attached as a picture.
If you look https://books.google.nl/books?id=IT9vDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=magnify+literally+means+twisting+together&source=bl&ots=Va5qIVSNvD&sig=ACfU3U3-NMtFG1DN3WqebwzMQhC14_7Vlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFpOLsgc_oAhVBsKQKHZrVD78Q6AEwCXoECGQQLw#v=onepage&q=magnify%20literally%20means%20twisting%20together&f=false you see at the bottom right the KJV Study Bible makes a very similar statement. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying the KJV Study Bible is without any error, but I think/truly hope they base their statement on something. I'm looking for something that supports that claim. Even if by Accordance library has 10 such articles, I have no idea how to find them without reading each and every article that has the word rope in it.

As for Mark's question. Any article will do. But because the first quote states it's so for Hebrew and the KJV study Bible, quotes Genesis, I assume that's Hebrew too (tiny chance it's based on LXX)

But gentlemen, we getting a bit sidetracked, so I will ask the same thing in other words. "I'm looking for resources that discuss, dog, cat and sparrow in the same article or chapter. How can I do that in Accordance."

[JonathanHuber]

Ah, sorry I missed your point. I would use Research to search all tools for magnify <AND> twist <AND> cord. The  <AND> commands tell the program that you need all the words to occur together. If you keep the Research tab in flex mode (the squiggle just to the right of the search bar), it'll also find related forms of the words like magnified and twisted.