Research guides: Bible: Concordances

Concordances

A biblical concordance is an alphabetical list of all the words in the Bible. It can be used to locate a known biblical passage or to learn how a particular word is used in the Scriptures. Each Bible version or translation has its own concordance. If you are using the RSV translation then you should use a concordance to the RSV; if you are using the NRSV translation then you should use a concordance to the NRSV. Some concordances also show what Hebrew or Greek word is used in the original text.

The Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version Bible.
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Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1988.
The NRSV Concordance Unabridged.
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Edited by John R. Kohlenberger, III.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1991.
Veteris Testamenti concordantiae hebraicae atque chaldaicae.
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Edited by Solomon Mandelkern.
Jerusalem: Schocken, 1959. 2 volumes.
The standard scholarly concordance to the Hebrew and Aramaic text of the OT.
Concordance to the Novum Testamentum Graece.
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3rd edition. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1987.
A slightly abridged edition of the most important concordance to the Greek NT (the Vollstaendige Konkordanz). With the exception of 29 very common words, it lists all Greek words in their context, supplying variants from the most important modern critical editions.
Synoptic Concordance.
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Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 4 volumes.
A Greek concordance to the first three gospels in synoptic arrangement.