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Bible Study 101: How to

January 26, 2021 by Krisan Marotta

BS101: How to | WednesdayintheWord.com

Bible Study 101: How and what to observe, rules of interpretation, how to do a word study and how to outline, etc.


Observation: Analyzing Structure

June 7, 2022

Watch for these things when you’re making an analytical outline.

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How to use e-sword as a concordance

April 16, 2021

One of the basic parts of a word study is finding and comparing the uses of the word in the rest of Scripture. Before the internet, we used a physical concordance. Here’s how to locate quickly accomplish this task using my favorite Bible study software: e-sword.

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How to use a concordance

January 8, 2021

Suppose the internet is down and you want to study your Bible. You want to study the word “blessed” in the beatitudes, but you’ve forgotten how to use your physical concordance. Here’s a refresher.

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How to find Strong’s number

December 18, 2020

Strong’s numbers have become the “industry standard” and many other biblical reference works are keyed to Strong’s numbers. Here’s how to find them.

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Word Study Shortcuts

June 25, 2020

While I recommend you learn how to do your own word studies, here are some shortcuts you can take to save time, to get past “study block” or compare your ideas with someone else’s.

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16 things to do while your Bible study is on break

November 28, 2017

Is your Bible study on break for the holidays? Many studies end before Thanksgiving and don’t resume until January. What can you do over break to stay in the Word? Here are some good ideas.

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How to do an Analytical Outline

July 29, 2017

An analytical outline is a way of displaying a text of Scripture so that the flow of thought and the relationship between the grammatical parts become clear. It is my favorite study tool and one of the first things I do. Learn how to make one.

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5W’s and H

May 31, 2017

You may have been taught to create a list of questions, using the “5Ws and H” (who, what, when, where, why, how). If you need some help learning how to use the “5Ws and H”, here are some questions to get you started.

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How to use context

May 24, 2017

When learning how to study the Bible, you’ve probably heard the expression “context is king”, meaning context is the arbitrator that rules a particular interpretation valid or not. But how do you use context to decide between possible interpretations?

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How to do a word study

May 17, 2017

Word studies are one of the basic tools of Bible study. With today’s tools, you don’t have to know Greek and Hebrew to do a good word study. Here’s how.

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What to observe in Bible study

September 7, 2016

Once a friend confessed: “I know an essential step of any Bible study is observation. But what am I suppose to observe?” So glad you asked! Sometimes we take this step for granted when teaching on how to study the Bible, but observation is a skill we learn and practice like any other.

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30 Tips to Improve your Bible Study

June 12, 2012

Did you make a resolution to improve your Bible study? Here are 30 tips to help you keep that promise.

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Series: Bible Study 101

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6 Basic Bible study tools & how to use them

Resources Book of the Bible

Bible Charts, Lists & Outlines

Quotations: Where Scripture quotes Scripture

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Related posts:

  1. Bible Study Tools #3: Concordances
  2. Bible Study Tools #4: Lexicons & Dictionaries
  3. 30 Tips to Improve your Bible Study
  4. Bible Study 101: Learn to Study the Bible
  5. Bible Study Tools #2: Good maps

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