Step 5 Expounded Chapter 4 Lexical-Syntactical Analysis pg 103

• Methods of Discovering Meanings of Ancient Words.

• 1. Study synonymous (pg 103) looking for points of comparison and of contrast
• 2. Study 'etymology' or consider the historical roots of a word ... careful Dandelion is from French “a Lions Tooth.”
• 3. Use Lexical tools
• Concordance – list of every use of a word
• Lexicon – dictionary of Hebrew or Greek words
• Theological Workbooks like the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT) or the New International Dictionary of the New Testament, multi volume resources
• The 7 tools are 1) Hebrew, Greek, and English Concordances 2) Lexicons 3) Theological workbooks 4) E.W. Bullinger's Ffigures of Speech Used in the Bible 5) Interlinear Bible 6) Analytical Lexicons 7) Hebrew and Greek grammars