Dec 26, 2024
by Rebecca Spooner

How to Do a Word Study

Dec 26, 2024
by Rebecca Spooner

Many of our Bible studies encourage you to go deeper and look up the original Greek or Hebrew words. These languages often have many different words with very specifics meanings that can't easily be summed up or understood in the English language. Simply put, things get lost in translation. One of the best tools for this is the Blue Letter Bible—an online Bible (also available as an app on your phone) that is free and allows for cross-reference and transliterations in both Greek and Hebrew. If you're just getting started, take a look at how it's done below.

On a Phone

Download the app on the Apple store
Download on Google Play

On a Computer

Bookmark the site: https://www.blueletterbible.org/search.cfm

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