Greek Reference Books Online
These books can be borrowed for free for a limited period of time from Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library. You can create an account for free and then borrow online companies of millions of print material.
While archive.org makes these resources freely available, please note:
- to check out books you must create a free account with archive.org;
- they do not allow copy and paste;
- they can be checked out only for one hour at a time — but they can immediately be re-checked out when your hour expires.
Concordances
A concordance is an organized list of all the biblical texts which contain a given word. Concordances allow you to broaden your understanding of how a word is used and its range of meanings.
Concordances are described with the following terms:
- Analytical — the words of the translated Bible are arranged alphabetically, classifying each under the respective Hebrew or Greek term behind the English translation (my preferred type).
- Exhaustive — the words are arranged alphabetically without classification of the original terms, including “if” and conjunctions.
- Complete — every word is cited and at least one passage is indicated for each word.
These are on the internet archive:
The Englishman’s Greek concordance of the New Testament by Wigram, George
Zondervan NASB exhaustive concordance – 1589 pages
Analytical concordance to the Holy Bible by Young, Robert.
These are on various sites
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (Biblehub)
Englishman’s Greek Concordance (Biblehub)
Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance (Biblehub)
NAS Exhaustive Concordance (Biblehub)
Nave’s Topical Bible (Studylight.org)
Scofield Reference Index (Studylight.org)
Strong’s Interlinear Bible Search (Studylight.org)
Thompson Chain Reference (Studylight.org)
Lexicons
A Lexicon is a systematized concordance, that includes the linguistic factors and discussion of the different forms or conjugations of a word.
These are on internet archive:
Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament by Friberg, Timothy.
Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament by Gingrich, F. Wilbur.
A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament, and other early Christian literature; by Bauer, Walter,
Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament : based on semantic domains – Lou Nida.
These are on various sites:
Biblehub.com Lexicon
Studylight.org Lexicons
BibleStudytools.com Lexicons
Dictionaries
A Dictionary is an alphabetical listing of the Hebrew or Greek words, giving their basic meanings, usually in less detail than a lexicon.
These are on internet archive:
Kittel’s Theological Dictionary of the New Testament : abridged in one volume – aka “Little Kittel”; Classic work summarizing the 10 volume set by Kittel.
Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (Volume 1 – A thru E); Volume 2 not available.
Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (Volume 3- P thru Z.)
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words – PDF on web.archive.org
Vine’s complete expository dictionary of Old and New Testament words
The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament by Zodhiates, Spiros
Expository Dictionary of Bible words by Richards, Larry (tends to be brief)
New Testament Words – William Barclay; Page 289 contains an index of English words with the corresponding Greek word, followed by the places Barclay described them in New Testament Words and in his Daily Study Bible series
Synonyms of the New Testament by Trench, Richard Chenevix
Pocket dictionary for the study of New Testament Greek by DeMoss, Matthew S.
These are on various sites:
Biblehub.com: Dictionary (multi-sourced)
Studylight.org Dictionaries
BibleStudytools.com Dictionaries
Reference which require some knowledge of Greek
The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament by Rogers, Cleon
Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English lexicon, abridged : the little Liddell by Liddell, Henry George.
A pocket lexicon to the Greek New Testament by Souter, Alexander. Brief definitions.
Study Software
STEP BIBLE; STEP stands for ‘Scripture Tools for Every Person’; Video Instructions for using STEP Bible
E-Sword – This is my favorite bible study tool.
Where to next?
More Greek Word Studies
How do to a Word Study
Word Study Shortcuts
Bible Study 101: Learn to Study
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