The Englishman's Greek Concordance of New Testament: Coded with Strong's Concordance Numbers

If you were to use the Englishman's Concordance you would then be able to do a search under the Greek word...not the English. Let's say you wanted to find all references for the Greek word #3563 (Strong's), then this reference is what will do it for you. This book is very easy to use. Also, many greek students and teachers use this book often. But one note of caution. There are two main Greek texts used today for translations. Most Bibles today comes from the Alexandrian Text, while the KJV comes from what is called the Received Text. There are a few differences in the texts. So if you were using the Englishman's Concordance with an Alexandrian Text Bible (such as NIV, New Am. Std, Living, Good News, etc) you will come across some differences.


You don't have to be a scholar to learn like one . . .   January 28, 2002
Art (GA United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Many bible students tend to shy away from more serious, technical reference tools thinking they may only be for "scholars".

Not so with Wigram's The Englishman's Greek Concordance.

It does help to know the Greek alphabet, but that comes easily with more use. This reference can be used by the serious bible student, searching from either the English or Greek word.

I find it helpful to study from an "interlinear" bible, looking up the Greek words I need in this concordance. Absorbing how NT authors used the words, I can draw my own conclusions without having them filtered through the theological views of another.

What a blessing!


Excellent Study Tool   January 30, 2006
John Heikoop
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book is a great way to determine what a greek word actually means. It is the reverse of the strongs concordance(Greek to english rather than english to greek). Simply look in Strong's concordance for a word and look at the Strong's number then take this study tool and it will show you every occurance of that word in all it's various forms, in their English translation, under the strong's number. By using this book with contextual study of a word makes the study of greek far easier especially if you have little or no knowledge of greek parsing(word endings).


The desert for Strong's Concordance!   January 21, 2008
Sheila Schoonmaker (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Even though The Englishman's Greek Concordance can be used without a Strong's Concordance, to make full use of this Greek Concordance you will need Strong's.

For example, when researching out "careful" as referenced by number 3309 in Strong's, The Englishman's Greek Concordance will show the verses that the Greek word "merimnao" refers to. Even though you may have begun studying the word "careful," you will end up being referred to verses using other English words pertaining to the same Greek meaning.

The way Englishman has set up his reference system differently than Young did in Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible is that Englishman keeps the verses specific to the exact Greek word whereas Young incorporates the varied Greek words used with a specific English word.

By using The Englishman's Concordances with a Strong's, you will gain a better understanding of why Strong chose the synonyms he did for each particular English word. In the above example, "merimnao" is from the previous reference numbered 3308 Greek word "merimna" and it was given the definition ---> to be anxious about:--(be, have) care(-ful), take thought. Englishman opens up a deeper an awareness of this original Greek word by showing you the other verses which use this same thought.

Young basically does the same thing as Englishman, but in a different manner with a different outcome. Since I gain varied insights by using Strong's, Young's, and Englishman's Concordances, I cannot say which one is the best since all of them have their own strengths and drawbacks.

If you still can't decide whether or not The Englishman's Concordances are what you would like to have, find a library that has this reference material so you can compare. Before I bought my copies, I didn't know what I was missing. Now that I have this reference set, I don't regret investing the money I did into purchasing such a blessing!