The Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (or BDB, ISBN 1-56563-206-0) is a standard reference for Biblical Hebrew. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of three letter roots. It is based on the Hebrew-German lexicon

Lexicon

In linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. A lexicon is also a synonym of the word thesaurus. More formally, it is a language's inventory of lexemes. Coined in English 1603, the word "lexicon" derives from the Greek "λεξικόν" , neut...

 of Wilhelm Gesenius

Wilhelm Gesenius

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius was a German orientalist and Biblical critic.-Biography:He was born at Nordhausen...

, translated by Edward Robinson

Edward Robinson (scholar)

Edward Robinson was an American biblical scholar, known as the “Father of Biblical Geography.” He has been referred to as the “founder of modern Palestinology.” -Biography:...

. The chief editor was Francis Brown

Francis Brown

The Rev. Francis Brown , American Semitic scholar, was born in Hanover, New Hampshire.He was the son of Samuel Gilman Brown , president of Hamilton College from 1867 to 1881, and the grandson of Francis Brown, whose removal from the presidency of Dartmouth College and later restoration were...

, with the co-operation of Samuel Rolles Driver

Samuel Rolles Driver

Samuel Rolles Driver was an English divine and Hebrew scholar. He devoted his life to the study, both textual and critical, of the Old Testament. He was the father of Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver, also a distinguished Bible scholar.-Biography:Samuel Rolles Driver was born at Southampton...

 and Charles Augustus Briggs

Charles Augustus Briggs

Charles Augustus Briggs , American Presbyterian scholar and theologian, was born in New York City, the son of Alanson Briggs and Sarah Mead Berrian...

, hence the name Brown-Driver-Briggs. Hendrickson Publishers added the well-known Strong

James Strong (theologian)

James Strong was an American Methodist biblical scholar and educator, and the creator of Strong's Concordance.-Biography:...

's numbers for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words.

External links

• A Hebrew and English Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs) in Wikisource - (in)complete scanned book
• Abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament in Logos Bible Software
  Logos Bible Software
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• The Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon, search tool