The Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible: KJV Edition, Burgundy Genuine (Key Word Study Bibles) Leather Bound – June 1, 2008

This Bible is essentially a serious attempt to integrate the Strong's Concordance into the Bible, so that, while you are reading the words, you have many opportunities to look up the word in the Hebrew and Greek dictionaries in the back. This can be quite enriching, giving you a much more accurate sense of the translation, which the creators explain in the preface, when they say that when you read the word "love", for example, it's important to know there are 3 senses of the word, and so by underlining the text and directing you to the dictionary in the back, you can get a better sense of the verse's meaning. Other features of this Bible are the grammatical notes (done with a special abbreviation key process, which simply educates you on the precise grammatical tense of the verb or grammatical rule being used on the verse's word; it's quite easy to use. Like other reference bibles, it has a cross-reference system, a concordance in back (not complete), and several other nice features, such as the red-letter edition (my edition), introductions, and a "key" diagram for key concepts and its exegesis at the bottom of the page.Since most Bible enthusiasts spend a lot of time with their Bibles, other factors come into play, such as texture of pages, see-through, smell, font size, spacing, etc. I find all these features to be just fine. The pages are a bit thin, and a little handling will definitely start some creases going, but bibles are meant to be READ, right? And to put all that info into one volume (Bible + Hebrew+Greek dictionaries), you need a lot of pages. For example, this Bible is 2300 pages! Compare that to Zondervan's KJV Study Bible at 1975 pages.Please note that only the UNDERLINED words have references to the dictionaries in the back, so that means if you run across a non-underlined word, and you want to know more about its translation, you cannot look it up! You must break out your own Strong's Exhaustive Bible Concordance and look it up.Also, this is NOT a study Bible, i.e., if you need some passages explained to you (esp. with the KJV), you won't get it here. This is pretty much a word-based "lookup" Bible; technically, you CAN interpret it yourself, if you know the exact translation, but unless you are a Biblical scholar.... But I love that this Bible successfully tries to make God's word "come to life" by integrating, in a very attractive and easy-to-use package, Strong's Concordance (as well as an amplified AMG dictionary/concordance) with Scripture. It makes one really inspired to look things up, esp. because the authors seem to select interesting "key words" for you. Over time, you cannot help to become much more familiar with the Hebrew and Greek words themselves. I am very pleased with this volume!

I've only had this KJV Key Word Study Bible for a couple of days, but I already realize its tremendous value to my study of God's Word. I purchased the black genuine leather, non-indexed edition based on personal preferences. Right out of the box, I applied three applications of a leather conditioner to soften and protect the leather. I do this with all my leather and bonded leather bibles. It has served me well over the years. I included a link to the product I used: Bickmore Bick 4 Leather Conditioner 8 OuncesContrary to several other reviewers here, I love the paper used in this bible. It's the way bible paper used to be before publishers recently began switching to cheaper, newsprint that I find much harder to read because it's no longer bright white, but rather a cream or buff color. This bible uses white paper, which is imperative for letter clarity, in my opinion. With respect to being on the thin side, as long as you use a ballpoint pen or lead pencil to write your own comments in the margins you will be fine. You can also use a smooth gel highlighter with no major bleed through issues using moderate pressure. I hope they don't change the paper used in this bible!PROS: *I love having the Strong's Dictionary and AMG's excellent Complete Word Study Dictionaries readily accessible within my bible *The dictionary numbering system is readily explained and very understandable in the first few pages of the Book *The special features of this bible are also detailed in the first few pages *I especially appreciate the Grammatical Notations explanations starting on page 1585, e.g. Active Voice, Aorist Subjunctive, Optative Mood, etc. This is so invaluable to comprehending the true context of usage, intent and conversation in the Word of God. *The binding is sewn - a huge plus for longevity under heavy use *Gold gilt is excellent *Two dedicated, blank Notes pages at back of bible (front and back of one piece of paper) *Paper is good quality bible paper as was typical of bibles published prior to this century. Also, it's actually white, which makes for a good contrast to both black and red inks used within its pages. The red ink is red - not pink, orange or burgundy. *My shipment included a handy bookmark with a quick reference of the Grammatical Codes to the Grammatical Notations used in this bible (see photo).CONS: *The quality of genuine leather is not the best and rather stiff right out of the box; however it's softening more and more as I apply a good quality leather conditioner (see link above for the one I'm using). (Also see provided photos of how the bible lays open on my hand after 3 applications of conditioner.) *Only one, narrow ribbon included *End papers are glued, not stitched; but a decent thickness; this is a bible I will be very willing to invest in a new, top quality rebinding if or when the need arises years from now!SUMMARY:This study bible is a treasure for the Berean-minded student of God's written word. I highly recommend it and strongly encourage you to buy one!

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