Search within a Search

[Shawn]

In one of the training videos or Dr J's podcasts, I saw where you can search within a search, particularly finding Scripture references within an article. As I tried it out, I was unable to get any results, knowing the references were in the article. I would use 'more options' in the search area with 'search in every article,' 'AND,' and 'Scripture' selected. If I was looking for references to John 14 or 21, I wouldn't get any results. I could use 'John,' 'Jn,' 'J,' and either put in the chapter or not, say '14.' The 'select words from tool' dialogue would come up. This example would be BDAG

Another example is within NIDNTT where I searched for 'Jn 14' within a search for menw. The result was "The phrase you entered cannot be found." If I tried 'Jn,' I would get all the 'Jn' in the article that were not Scripture references, I wouldn't get all the 'Jn' references.

I'm probably missing something while trying to do this in lexicons. This 'search within a search' function works fine for me when I use a commentary such as NAC or NIVAC.

I attached a couple of pics of what I encountered in the examples above.

Thank you for any suggestions or pointers you can give...

Acc 9.0.4, MacBook Pro Intel, 10.6.4

Search within a Search 10-14-10.tiff

Search within a Search 10-14-10 part 2.tiff

[Sean R.]

I can't replicate what you're experiencing. I opened BDAG, searched for μένω as a Greek Entry with John 14 in an additional search field set to Scripture. Accordance returned four hits. What you're experiencing is certainly abnormal. Perhaps someone else will notice you're doing something wrong, but I don't think you are. What version of Accordance and BDAG are you using?

[Shawn]

I am currently using Accordance 9.0.4, BDAG 1.5, and NIDNTT 2.0