Guides for reading a word study

These pages explain the method behind the study desk: what to trust, what to check, and how not to flatten a word into a slogan.

• How a Bible word study works

  A plain walkthrough of studying one verse: English sense, the Greek or Hebrew word behind it, and why context decides the meaning.

  Updated 2026-10-15

• What Strong’s numbers are, and are not

  Strong’s numbers index biblical Greek and Hebrew words. They are a filing system, not a definition you can quote as if it were the verse.

  Updated 2026-10-15

• Greek and Hebrew: which language, which testament

  The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, with some Aramaic. The New Testament was written in Koine Greek. Here is how to tell which one you are looking at.

  Updated 2026-10-15

• Context decides the meaning

  Biblical words have a range, not a single magic definition. Context — the clause, the book, and the audience — picks the sense in front of you.

  Updated 2026-10-15