References and Abbreviations

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BDAG - Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, A Greek‐English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000)

ESV - English Standard Version (Crossway, 2001)

Holladay - William L. Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, based on the Lexical work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans / Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988)

ISBE - Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition)

KJV - King James Version (Authorized Version, 1611)

Metzger - Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (United Bible Societies, 1971)

NASB - New American Standard Bible (The Lockman Foundation, 1960-1988)

NIV - New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978)

NJB - New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, 1985)

NKJV - New King James Version (HarperCollins, 1982)

NRSV - New Revised Standard Version (Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ, USA, 1989)

Thayer - Joseph Thayer, Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (reprint of 1889 edition).

TWOT - R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, (editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980)

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