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Strong's is a concordance, not a lexicon

The Strong's Concordance is a helpful tool that lists every Hebrew and Greek lemma (root word) present in the King James Bible. Along with listing these, the tool also generally gives a 'gloss' for ...
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A helpful flowchart for asking questions on BH.SE

Here is a helpful flowchart for asking questions on BH.SE. Relevant meta posts for each decision are listed below: My goal is for this be a helpful reference and 'one-stop-shop' for users. Also note ...
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Let's save our tags!

It's been too long since I last proposed a challenge! In the past year, we've covered lots of ground, but there are still some books that we've only asked one question of. Since these tags will ...
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Should we prefer the contradiction tag?

I suggested this tag synonym relationship: contradiction => textual-discrepancies But it sounds like the other way around would be better. Vote up if you want to reverse the synonym relationship to:...
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Should the translation-methodology and translation-philosophy tags be synonyms?

We currently have translation-philosophy described as: The philosophical basis that grounds the work of translators. Questions about specific translation problems should instead be tagged hebrew, ...
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What is our tagging philosophy?

Jeff Atwood says, "It is my strong belief that the tags page is an essential map of what your community is, and is not, about." Many sites have a primary set of tags that categorize questions. On ...
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archaeological evidence questions

As many would know by now, I am an Atheist and a practicing scientist (and are very thankful for being made welcome here). Would the following format for questions related to this be acceptable - and ...
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Why can't I ask my 'big question'?

For the sake of argument, let's presume that there are the following Stack Exchange Q&A sites (any resemblance to existing SE sites is coincidental): Automotive Engineering — A Q&A site ...
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What tag should I use for ambiguity resolution?

I've asked a few questions like this most recent one, in which the weight of the question has to do with resolving an ambiguity. In the example linked, Paul talks about grace, salvation, and faith, ...
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What to do with questions with answers that are too hard to understand?

We had a question on christianity.se https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/63957/why-does-romans-519-say-many-instead-of-all Which is probably an OK question for Hermeneutics but we ...
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Burninate rationale tag

I observed a new tag only being used by one user and only on two questions thus far: rationale. I burninated this tag as I believe it is an unnecessary tag. This post is just a record of my actions ...
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How do I create a new tag - "messiah"

There may be an inactive tag for this already. It showed up as having no questions, and when I tried to enter it, nothing happened. The explanation for creating new tags on the help page says one just ...
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Gospel tag question

So I tried to add a gospel tag, but it was said to be too similar to the 'gospels' tag which seems to be specifically in reference to the first 4 books of the New Testament. Is there a more ...
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Topic scope of Jewish synagogue

This meta question seeks to provide community-driven guidance for the site #synagogue tag. Jewish synagogues affect many SE sites, including History and Judaism. But, there are indeed some Bible-...
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What is the process for changing auto-generated messages to help new users feel more welcome and understand how to better use the site?

I was discussing this issue with a moderator, @SteveTaylor, and he suggested bringing it up here. Sometimes questions get marked as a possible duplicate and they get closed before the OP has a chance ...

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