Search with Text command
The goal of these examples is to use the Text command to perform searches outside the parameters of a single Text.
The following search will use the TEXT command to find instances where the word "Lord" in the ESVS is translated by a different word in the KJVS.
- Open a new Search tab The core tab used to search Bible texts, it consists of a search entry area and a search results area with the ESVS.
- Select "Words" from the search options.
- Type "Lord" (without quotes) in the Search Entry box.
- From the menu bar, select Search>Enter Command>TEXT. The TEXT search options pop-up appears.
- Select KJV with Strong's from the Text menu.
- Type Lord in the Search dialog box.
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Click OK.
- Place your cursor in front of [KJVS lord] and from the menu bar, select Search>Enter Symbol>Range or Negate.
- Press Enter or Return to complete the search.
The following search will use the TEXT command to find instances where a masculine noun in the NA28 Greek NT is rendered as a feminine noun in the GNT-Sinaiticus.
- Open a new Search tab with the NA28 Greek NT.
- From the menu bar, select Search>Enter Tag>Noun. Select "Masculine" from the Gender pop-up menu.
- Enter the @ symbol. This symbol connects two different ideas together in a one-word search.
- From the menu bar, select Search>Enter Command>TEXT. The TEXT search options pop-up appears.
- From the Text menu, select GNT-Sinaiticus.
- From the Enter Tag menu, select Noun. Select "Feminine" from the Gender pop-up menu.
- Click OK.
- Press Enter or Return to complete the search.
The following search will use the TEXT command to find instances where the word "Jesus" in the ESVS is the subject of a clause in the Greek New Testament.
- Open a new Search tab with the ESVS.
- Select "Words" from the search options.
- Type "Lord" (without quotes) in the Search Entry box.
- From the menu bar, select Search>Enter Command>TEXT. The TEXT search options pop-up appears.
- Select NA28 Greek NT from the Text menu.
- From the Enter Tag menu, select Subject.
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Click OK.
- Press Enter or Return to complete the search.