Reverting to Concordances that deal with the Hebrew, we must now refer to The

Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament (1843). To read

the introduction to this work is to be humbled. The prodigious labour involved, and the

pains that were taken to ensure completeness and accuracy, can only be appreciated by

patiently reading the Editor's explanation.  Upon revising the second sheet of the

Concordance it alone was found to contain 300 citations not found in the works of

Rabbi Nathan, Buxtorf, Marius, Trom, or Kircher. Furthermore it became necessary that

a census should be made of the words of the Bible. For example, there are seven words

in the Hebrew of Gen. 1: 1, and seven separate labels were therefore prepared--and so

on throughout the O.T. The work is an invaluable help to those who otherwise, through

ignorance of the Hebrew, would never have access to the deepest treasures of the

Other Concordances of interest are The Bible Student's Concordance by Aaron Pick

(1845), which places every word found in the O.T. in alphabetical order, followed by all

the Hebrew words and their occurrences, together with pronunciation; and The English

Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon and Concordance of the English Translation, by

Dr. W. Wilson (1846).

Of those Concordances that are concerned only with the English Version, that of

Alexander Cruden comes easily first. He published it in 1737, and the three editions

produced during his lifetime indicate something of the way in which it was received. It

should be borne in mind, however, that while this Concordance enables the reader to find

his way about the A.V., it is liable in the hands of the unwary to lead to some false

deductions. When it is realized that some English words may represent half a dozen

Greek ones, and vice versa, it will be readily understood that any doctrine built upon a list

of words found in Cruden's Concordance, is a doctrine built upon very insecure

foundations. The difficulty is overcome in the Concordances produced by Dr. Strong and

Dr. Young. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, and Young's Analytical

Concordance to the Bible enable the English reader to avoid false connections based

upon the English translation. Strong has a system of numbers, to which all words may be

referred, while Young divides up the English words under their corresponding Hebrew or

Greek equivalents. Of the two, we prefer the latter.

Another useful, but perhaps not so well-known, Concordance is that produced by

Dr. Eadie in 1855. This deals with the Scriptures topically. For examples of these

various methods we must ask the reader to wait for the next paper.

There are also other Concordances of varying merit, such as Hazard's Concordance to

the American Standard Bible (1922), Moulton and Sedon's Concordance to the Greek

Testament (1897), and Walker's Concordance (1894). We have said enough, however,

we trust, to make it impossible for us in future to use our various Concordances without a

feeling of thankfulness for all the unselfish and unrequited work undertaken by those

responsible for their production. We enter to-day into the fruits of their labours, and we

shall surely share with them whatever of reward or recognition may be ours by grace