ScibblePreach.com, having previously offered ‘7 ways to do a bad word study‘, has posted ‘7 ways to do a good word study‘.
Again, I encourage you to read the article. It offers several simple steps we may want to take when tackling a word study, making the seven following suggestions:
- Identify “spark” words
- Know the lexical range
- Study the immediate context
- Study the authorial context
- Study the wider context
- Identify defining passages
- Choose what fits in context
If you want to know how to conduct a helpful word study this short post is definitely worth reading.