Method Seven - The Word Study Method of Bible Study ~ Chart: HTML /PDF
 
7.1 - Tools
7.1.1 - Bible and several alternate translations
7.1. 2 - Exhaustive concordance
7.1. 3 - Bible dictionary or encyclopedia
7.1. 4 - Set of word studies
7.1. 5 - English dictionary
 
7.2 - Hints
7.2.1 - Remember that often a single word in the original language may be replaced by many different words, or even phrases, when translated into English.
7.2.2 - An exhaustive concordance such as Strong's or Young's are especially valuable for this study since they associate each discrete original word to its English translation.
 
7.3 - Steps
Step 1 - Choose the word you will study
Step 2 - Find its English definition in the English dictionary
Step 3 - Compare treatments of the word in the various translations
Step 4 - Note the definition of the original word (Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic)
Step 5 - Discover just where the word is used in the Bible
7.3.5.1 - How often does it occur?
7.3.5.2 - In which books is it found?
7.3.5.3 - In which book is it used most?
7.3.5.4 - Where does the word first appear?
7.3.5.5 - Where does it first appear in the book you are studying?
7.3.5.6 - Which writers used the word?
Step 6 - Find the origin and root meaning of the word, how the word was used by the secular culture of the day
Step 7 - Determine how the word was used in the Bible and how it would have been understood in the culture to which the Bible was originally addressed
Step 8 - Write an application