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Bible Concordances

Bible concordances are alphabetical lists of words (or phrases) indicating where those terms are found in the Bible. Read the concordance's preface to determine which version of the Bible is indexed. 
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These are examples of several English language concordances located in the Reference collection at and near the call letters shown here: 

  • Goodrick, Edward W. and John R. Kohlenberger, III. The NIV Exhaustive Concordance. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1990. (Ref BS 425 .G62 1990)
  • Nelson's Complete Concordance of the New American Bible. Ed. Stephen J. Hartdegen. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1977. (Ref BS 425 .N36)
  • Strong, James. The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1984. (Ref BS 425 .S8 1984)
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The following are online concordances:

  • Bible Gateway. 2006 [copyright]. Gospel Communications Network (GCN). 20 Feb. 2006 <http://www.biblegateway.com/>. 
      Includes Passage Lookup and Word Search options in 18 English language Bible versions, including the following: New International Version, New American Standard Bible, Amplified Bible, New Living Translation, King James Version, English Standard Version, King James Version, 21st Century King James Version, American Standard Version, Worldwide English (New Testament), and Young's Literal Translation. Can also look up passages or search words in more than 20 other languages.

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An online Bible:

*New American Bible. 11 Nov. 2002 [copyright]. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 18 Feb. 2006 <http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/index.htm>.

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  • Indexes with a + (plus) preceding their name are available through that link only to St. Mary's students, faculty, and staff from off-campus, because of contractual restrictions from the vendors. For more information, read  Restricted Databases Instructions. 
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author: Diane M. Duesterhoeft • email: dduesterhoeft@stmarytx.edu 
URL: http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/subject/theology/bibconc.htm
created September 17, 1997 • updated February 21, 2006

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