Brown–Driver–Briggs
A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, more commonly known as Brown–Driver–Briggs or BDB (from the name of its three authors) is a standard reference for Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic,[1] first published in 1906. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of three letter roots.
Impression of 1939 | |
| Author | Francis Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Augustus Briggs |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Biblical Hebrew |
| Genre | Reference |
Publication date | 1906 |
| Pages | 1185 |
| ISBN | 1-56563-206-0 |
| OCLC | 13518063 |
| Text | A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament at Wikisource |
BDB was based on the Hebrew-German lexicon of Wilhelm Gesenius, translated by Edward Robinson. The chief editor was Francis Brown, with the co-operation of Samuel Rolles Driver and Charles Augustus Briggs, hence the name Brown–Driver–Briggs. Some modern printings have added the Strong's reference numbers for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words.[citation needed]
In 2013, semitists Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to fund creation of a revised and updated electronic version of the BDB; the resulting Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon will be available through a website (Semitica Electronica) or via print-on-demand.[1]
See also edit
- Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament
- New American Standard Bible. The "Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon" is dubbed "The New American Standard (NAS) Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon" at www.biblestudytools.com.
References edit
External links edit
- The full text of Index:A Hebrew and English Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs).djvu at Wikisource.
- Concordance and Dictionary – developed by ALHATORAH.ORG, utilizing modified versions of: J. Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Cincinnati, 1890); F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1906); and the work of D. Troidl generously made available at openscriptures.org (CC BY 4.0)
- Abridged 1994 version with Strong's Code system, via Internet Archive.
- Full-page images of the BDB.
- 1939 Reprint edition, via Internet Archive.