For example: entering shem and choosing Lookup will bring up the entry for SHEM.
Entering shem and choosing Find Similar will bring up a list of entries containing shem:
- Shem
- Shema
- Shemaiah
- Shemariah
- Shemeber
- Shemer
- Shemida
- Sheminith
- Shemiramoth
- Shemuel
- Bashemath
- Beth-shemesh
- En-shemesh
- Hashem
- Irshemesh
- Jashem
- Leshem
- Sem
As you can see, the resultant list is divided into entries that begin with the "word" you entered and those that contain the "word" elsewhere in the entry.
Choosing Select from alphabetical list will display an index of entries starting with a given letter. These may be quite long - suggestions for better list navigation are welcome.
Special Features
As part of Crosswalk.com's Bible Study Tools/Online Study Library, Hitchcock's Bible Names is linked to
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary, Easton's Bible Dictionary, Jack Van Impe's Prophecy Dictionary, Nave's Topical Bible, Smith's Bible Dictionary, and Torrey's Topical Textbook
. Anytime a reference can be found in any of the other online tools a hyperlinked symbol will be placed next to the reference, allowing you to immediately jump to that resource and expand your study capabilities.
The following table shows the symbol and its corresponding resource:
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