Using a Bible Dictionary

Welcome to the 3rd post in the blog series Bible Reference Resources.

Use this series to find out how to effectively and efficiently use Bible reference resources to deepen your Bible study.

This week’s post takes a closer look at the Bible dictionary.

Description:  Bible dictionaries are a practical and useful theological reference book used to understand key Biblical terms.  They combine definitions and proper names for Biblical words that provide insights that allow users to define and analyze Scripture. Use one to discover the meaning of words and study them in context to the theological concepts of that specific verse or passage. Many word searches also include the original Greek and Hebrew word with meaning.

Use a Bible dictionary to understand:

• people;
• places;
• customs;
• events; and
• words found in Scripture.

Bible dictionaries at Laidlaw College Library: search the online catalogue using  the term “Bible dictionary” to retrieve a list of all the Bible dictionaries held in the library.  The library holds a range of dictionaries including theological, Old Testament, New Testament, evangelical, hermeneutics, scripture and ethics and much more, in formats including print and ebooks.

Check out this YouTube video “Using a bible dictionary: a video from Zondervan” for an introduction to bible dictionaries.

Upcoming posts

• Using a Bible commentary
• Choosing a Bible reference resource

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Leave a comment.  Tell us about your experience using Bible handbooks.  Students, as always, contact a Librarian to for assistance  finding or using resources.  We love to help.

Till next time, arohanui from the Library team.