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    <desc>Study the original Greek and Hebrew Texts.</desc>

    <link type="guide" xref="index#search-function"/>

    <revision pkgversion="4.1.0" date="2018-04-24" status="draft"/>
    <revision pkgversion="4.1.0" date="2018-05-29" status="candidate"/>
    <revision pkgversion="4.5.0" date="2026-08-10" status="draft"/>

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    <title type='text'>Xiphos</title>

    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Andy Piper</name>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Pierre Benz</name>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Dr Peter von Kaehne</name>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Karl Kleinpaste</name>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Matthew Talbert</name>
    </credit>

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  <!-- ============= Original Language Research  ============-->

  <title>Original Language Research</title>

  <section id="orig-lang-install-modules">

    <title>Installing Needed Modules</title>

    <p><app>Xiphos</app> is ideally suited for studying the original Greek and
    Hebrew. To get started, you will want the following modules:</p>

    <p>From Crosswire Repository:</p>
    <list>
      <item>
	<p>StrongsHebrew Dictionary (or get StrongsRealHebrew from the Xiphos
	Repository)</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>StrongsGreek Dictionary (or get StrongsRealGreek from the Xiphos
	Repository)</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>Robinson Dictionary</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>KJV Bible</p>
      </item>
    </list>

    <p>From Xiphos Repository:</p>
    <list>
      <item>
	<p>StrongsRealGreek Dictionary (same as StrongsGreek, but with Greek
	characters, B-Greek transliteration, and self-referencing links)</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>StrongsRealHebrew Dictionary (same as StrongsHebrew, but with Hebrew
	characters and self-referencing links)</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>InvertedStrongsRealGreek (key in or copy actual Greek word, rather
	than number)</p>
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section id="orig-lang-setup">

    <title>Setting Up</title>

    <p>While still in the module manager, create indexes for all of the modules
    you just installed. Then close the module manager and open <guiseq><gui>Edit
    </gui><gui>	Preferences</gui></guiseq> and go to <guiseq><gui>Modules</gui>
    <gui>Special</gui></guiseq> (see
    <link xref="xiphos-53-preferences-modules#xiphos-modules-special"/>). Set
    your Hebrew and Greek lexicons according to what you installed, and while
    there, also set <gui>Default Hebrew Old Testament Morphology</gui> and
    <gui>Default Greek New Testament Morphology</gui> so that morphological
    codes resolve to their meaning even in modules without their own
    morphology dictionary link.
    Close preferences and open the KJV module. Turn on the module options
    <guiseq><gui>Right Click</gui><gui>Module Options</gui><gui>Show Strongs
    </gui></guiseq> and <guiseq><gui>Right Click</gui><gui>Module Options
    </gui><gui>Show Morphology</gui></guiseq>. You should see the Bible text
    change to show Strongs numbers underneath the appropriate English words.
    Hover over the numbers (or letters for morphology) with the mouse and you
    will see the definition displayed in the previewer pane. Click on the link
    and the definition will show in the dictionary pane. If you are using
    StrongsRealGreek or	StrongsRealHebrew, you can click on any other number
    referenced in the definition and you will be taken to that entry.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="orig-lang-search">

    <title>Searching for Strongs Numbers</title>

    <p>Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Advanced Search</gui></guiseq> or
    press <key>F3</key>. Under <gui>Search Type</gui>, select <gui>Optimized
    ("Lucene")</gui>. Click on the <gui>Attribute Search</gui> tab, and make
    check the box that says <gui>Strongs Numbers</gui>. Now click in the entry
    field at the top and search for the number you are looking for preceded by
    "lemma:" and "G" for Greek or "H" for Hebrew. So to look for the Hebrew word
    tsad-deek (6662), enter "lemma:H6662". Once the search is done, the results
    pane will be shown. Notice that when you click on a result, it will show the
    result in the preview pane, and the strong's numbers will show as well,
    following immediately after the words they match. Also note that hovering
    over these numbers will show the definition in the main preview pane.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="orig-lang-additional">

    <title>Additional Modules</title>

    <p>For more advanced research, the following modules are also available:</p>

    <list>
      <item>
	<p>2TGreek (Xiphos Repository) : This module contains the entire Bible
	in Greek. It combines the LXX and Tischendorf8 NT into one easy-to-use
	module. In addition, it contains Strongs, Morphology,Greek Accents,
	and primary/secondary readings. As with all modules that include
	Strongs, <app>Xipho</app> displays 2TGreek in beautiful interlinear
	form.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>Elzevir Textus Receptus (Crosswire Repository) : 1624 edition with Strongs and Morphology</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>LXX (Crosswire Repository) : the Septuagint with Strongs, Morphology,
	and footnotes</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>MorphGNT (Crosswire Repository) : This is
	derived from the morphologically parsed GNT provided by UPenn's CCAT. It
	was reformatted and error-corrected by James Tauber. It includes Greek
	accents	and Morphology.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>TR (Crosswire Repository) : This is the Textus Receptus with Strongs
	and Morphology</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>TischMorph (Xiphos Repository) : As described above, this has
	Strongs, Morphology, accents, and alternate readings.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>WHNU (Crosswire Repository) : Westcott-Hort of 1881 with Strongs and
	Morphology</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>GreekHebrew (Crosswire Repository) : This is a dictionary keyed to
	Strongs. It contains words in the LXX that are also found in the New
	Testament. In addition, it contains the equivalent Hebrew words also
	keyed to Strongs.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>Didache (Crosswire Repository) : This is an
	early Christian treatise in Greek dated to the late first or early
	second century. It includes Strongs, Morphology, and Greek accents.</p>
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

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