James Strong (theologian)
James Strong (born August 14, 1822 in New York City , † August 7, 1894 in Round Lake , Saratoga County ) was an American Methodist theologian. He wrote the Strong's Concordance (Strong's Concordance ). He was Professor of Biblical Literature at Troy University from 1858 to 1861 and became Professor of Biblical Exegesis at Drew Theological Seminary in 1868 .
His best-known work is Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible , published for the first time in 1890 and repeatedly edited since then, most recently in 2006.
To do this, Strong numbered every root word in the Hebrew ( Old Testament ) and Greek ( New Testament ) Urtext to facilitate references. This resulted in two dictionaries (Hebrew for the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament) with 8674 Hebrew and 5523 Greek roots. This system was later adopted by many other authors.
Each entry in Strong's dictionaries briefly explains etymology , grammar, and various meanings. There are also German translations of Strong's dictionaries.
These dictionaries formed the basis for the Bible Concordance he worked out. The Strong numbers are also used in the concordance. This work has come to be known as Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible . With the help of these books, one can study the meanings of words in the biblical original texts without having any deeper knowledge of the original languages of the Bible.
Web links
- Blue Letter Bible , King James English translation with Strong numbering, Strong dictionaries, etc.
- Study Bible on bibelkommentare.de , unrevised Elberfeld translation with Strong numbering
- Strong database of the New Testament (Caution! German explanations have been automatically translated from English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Strong, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Methodist theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1894 |
| Place of death | Round Lake , Saratoga County |