Example: Search for Greek Grammatical Tags

This example demonstrates a search for Greek grammatical tags. The search argument is set up via the Select tag details dialog box.

Note

There is a dependent relationship between some of the options in the Select tag details dialog box. In these cases, some details are not meaningful unless other details have particular values. The pop-up menus of these details are dimmed until the appropriate selections have been made in the other details.

Goal: You were intrigued by a particular word in a text, parsed it, and now want to find similar words. You will search for masculine participles that are not in the activeClosed The application, window, tab, or other screen element which is currently being used; sometimes called the "front" or "frontmost" screen element Voice. The search is to be limited to only the aorist and perfect tenses.

  1. Open a Search tabClosed The core tab used to search Bible texts, it consists of a search entry area and a search results area with the GNT-T or GNT28-T as the default text.
  2. Set the search to Words.
  3. Right-click in the Search Entry box and choose Enter Tag>Verb. The Select tag details for VERB dialog box appears.
  4. In the Select tag details for VERB dialog box, proceed as follows:
  5. From the Voice pop-up menu, choose active. A check box next to Voice appears; this is the "NOT" option.
  6. Select NOT. This means the voice can be anything but active.
  7. From the Tense pop-up menu, choose aorist.
  8. Press Shift, reopen the Tense pop-up menu, and choose perfect. This defines a search for verbs in either the aorist or perfect tense.
  9. From the Mood pop-up menu, choose participle. The Gender pop-up menu becomes active.

  10. From the Gender pop-up menu choose masculine.

    The Set tag details for VERB dialog box should appear as shown below.

Notes

  • The Gender, Number, and Case pop-up menus are initially dimmed as they do not apply until the Mood has been set to participle.
  • The upper Person and Number menus are now dimmed since they do not apply to participles.
  • The Number attribute for participles is not the same as for regular verbs.
  1. Click OK to place these criteria in the Search Entry box.

  2. Press Enter or Returnin the Search Entry box .

    An example of the Search tab with the search argument and results is shown below.