Swindoll's Living Insights Commentary Matthew 1a - Flipbook - Page 9
THE STRONG’S
NUMBERING SYSTEM
Swindoll’s Living Insights New Testament Commentary uses the Strong’s wordstudy numbering system to give both newer and more advanced Bible students
alike quicker, more convenient access to helpful original-language tools (e.g.,
concordances, lexicons, and theological dictionaries). The Strong’s numbering
system, made popular by the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, is
used with the majority of biblical Greek and Hebrew reference works. Those
who are unfamiliar with the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek alphabets can
quickly find information on a given word by looking up the appropriate index
number. Advanced students will find the system helpful because it allows them
to quickly find the lexical form of obscure conjugations and inflections.
When a Greek word is mentioned in the text, the Strong’s number is included
in square brackets after the Greek word. So in the example of the Greek word
agapē [26], “love,” the number is used with Greek tools keyed to the Strong’s
system.
On occasion, a Hebrew word is mentioned in the text. The Strong’s Hebrew
numbers are completely separate from the Greek numbers, so Hebrew numbers are prefixed with a letter “H.” So, for example, the Hebrew word kapporet
[H3727], “mercy seat,” comes from kopher [H3722], “to ransom,” “to secure
favor through a gift.”
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