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samuel3:
Why is it we put so much confidence in our interpretation of the word in the strongs concordance, and not let Gods inspired word teach.  Does not the word tell us to rightly divide the word, so there is a right way to divide and a wrong way to divide. I believe the word is inspired by God hes the author of it right. So what im saying is dont draw all your conclusions and interpretations of words from a strongs that is not inspired by god,this can be very misleading. What would some people do without their strongs concordance? 

mharrell08:
 ???

Wouldn't you want to find out why people use it before telling them not to use it?

carol v:
Hey Samuel and welcome to the forum. I don't think too many of us here put all our eggs in the Strong's basket. Ray, in a lot of his studies, points out some inaccuracies in Strong's. It is not the end all or be all of understanding the word. Strong's has taken on some false doctrines in its translation of a few words.

However, I have no clue about the Hebrew or Greek languages so Strong's is a useful tool. It works great incorporated into esword. But if it weren't for the Spirit I wouldn't even understand the Bible in English.

I agree with what you say but I think you are preaching to the choir here. I might argue the point that Strong's isn't God-inspired though. It's not God-inspired in the same way as scripture but I do believe in God's sovereignty and that He has inspired many to produce great tools for our use in study. I certainly believe He inspired many monks to painstakingly spend their lives reproducing the scriptures while at the same time NOT giving them all truth. I can't even imagine all the painstaking work that went into Strong's Concordance. It gives me brain freeze.

Look forward to your continued posts. How did you come to Bible-Truths?

Carol

samuel3:
Im not saying not to use it, the reason we use it is understand the definition of a word more clearly which can be helpful. But it  also can be misleading. Alot of arguments stem from the definitions of words.

Linny:
Samuel, I think we are all in agreement with that here. We use it as a tool recognizing it is not perfect just as our KJV is not perfect. We ask for God's discernment when we study.
Welcome to the forum.
Linny

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