How to Instantly See How Many Times a Lemma Is Used in a Passage

The old adage says, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Pictures many times communicate at a glance what words cannot. That can also be true of Logos searching.

Imagine this scenario: we’re reading about “righteousness” in Romans 1:17. After searching for the Greek lemma translated “righteousness,” we want to see a graphic showing the distribution of this word in the New Testament.

To accomplish that, let’s give this a go:

• Open an English Bible with the interlinear option, such as the ESV, to Romans 1:17 (A)
• Right click on the word righteousness (B)
• Select from the right side of the Context menu the Greek lemma (the word with the ring icon) (C)
• Select from the left side of the Context menu Search this resource (D)

• Notice the Search panel opens displaying in “word form” all of the occurrences of this lemma in the New Testament (E)
• Click Graph results on the Search panel’s toolbar (F)

• Notice a Graph Bible Search Results panel opens with “pictures” of the results (G)
• Select at the bottom of the panel a type of graphic such as Pie Chart (H)
• Notice you now have a graphic of the results showing instantly at a glance a high concentration of this lemma in Romans! (I)

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