Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Coded with Strong's Concordance Numbers

Keyed to Strong’s Concordance and gives additional detailed information. Thayer’s is a great companion to Strong’s, I also recommend Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon to complement Thayer’s Greek English Lexicon. Most of Strong’s content is the exhaustive concordance, therefore Strong’s definitions are brief. BDBriggs & Thayer’s definitions are more detailed and deepen the understanding, they’re both keyed to Strong’s and all 3 work great together. Please Note: I purchased used books. Blessings

Exactly what I needed, a physical lexicon. You can download the abbott smith concise lexicon for free, but if you want something in printed form this is by far and away the cheapest option with lexicons ranging well into the hundreds of dollars. I caught this on sale so it was even cheaper. Works fine, and happy to have it!

Great lexicon that details words more than Strong did. Critics say this one is out dated but I still find it useful and good companion to those that study the word of God.I disagree with Joseph H. Thayer's theological perspective but he did take his work in this book serious. Strictly related what he understood concerning the language the New Testament was written in.

The 1st edition of this venerable tome was printed in 1885. This is a reprint of the 4th edition; we are now on the 15th edition of that work, most recently printed in July 2021. It not only gives definitions, but relates all the usages seen in the Greek New Testament, as well as a wealth of extra biblical citations, even back to Attic Greek sources. You can thus trace the historical evolution of the word's meaning.The thing that is most useful is that the words are numbered identically to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. You thus don't even have to read Greek to use this lexicon. If you have read this far, you probably do, or at least are attempting to learn the Greek. This lexicon will amplify considerably the definitions found in Strong's.No, it does not have THE latest updates from the recently discovered papyri. But for most of us, that is probably not a huge factor. Well made, well bound, and a bargain at the price. Highly recommended!!

For anyone needing a good reliable lexicon at a decent price, Thayer is a goodchoice. True, it came out before the papyri discoveries, but what is most importantisn't how old or new a work is, but how accurate it is. Thayer ranks excellent inthat area. There is a mistake here or there, but that's true in any work, and if youget the Hendrickson edition, it has the Strong's numbers, for those who don't knowGreek well. If one needs a newer lexicon, they are available large and small, someon the used market for a fraction of the price.I occasionally read a few rather critical reviews of Thayer, saying it's out ofdate, and be sure to get the BDAG if you want to learn the correct meanings of theGreek. BDAG is a bit on the high-price side (especially for students on a budget),also it's not perfect (I have noticed a couple of entries where they inserted theirown theology, even ignoring the historians). That happens, which is why one must bealert in ANY work written by humans, and let the Bible be the final authority.So then, if you want a BDAG and have the $120+ to spend, of course get it, and useit well. Or if you need only NT material, you might look at the CONCISE edition forhalf price (sometimes you can go even lower if someone "wants bookshelf space".However, just because Thayer is from the 1880's, please don't think it's not areliable lexicon (remember the Bible itself is rather old). I read many works fromscholars that quote it. It will give you plenty of help in learning the meanings ofthe words of God in the original language.

This lexicon gives greater depth and meaning to many words in the Scriptures.

Great, classic book on NT Greek words and their usage. He gives a good deal of derivation information, which is very valuable. Note to fellow Greek students: even though your book may include all the vocabulary you need, you should still get this book right away. One of the hardest thing about learning languages (at least for me) is memorizing vocabulary, and having the derivations makes it much easier. Example: the word PROSWPON (face). Mounce gives the memorable phrase "Pour soap on" as a mnemonic; but even more helpful to me was Thayer's explanation that PROSWPON is derived from PROS+OPS="what's in front of your eyes." Another one: ENOPION (before). Thayer explains it comes from EN+OPS="in the eyes of". Beautiful.Another thing I especially like is how he relates many Greek words to words in other languages, not just English. For example, "IDE" could be defined as look, behold, etc; but Thayer would give the helpful hint "Latin: ecce". Where useful, he also lists equivalents for some words in German, French, etc.The only drawback is that it's an reprint of an old (1880?) text, so some of the print is a little hard to read, and some of the references are hard to figure out and then to find. But, especially for the money, it's a great tool.

hard to get into but when you do, it is very informative and helps to explain the greek words