Brown–Driver–Briggs
 Impression of 1939 | |
| Author | Francis Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Augustus Briggs |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Biblical Hebrew |
| Genre | Reference |
Publication date | 1906 |
| Publication place | England |
| Pages | 1185 |
| ISBN | 1-56563-206-0 |
| OCLC | 13518063 |
| Text | A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament at Wikisource |
A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, more commonly known as Brown–Driver–Briggs or BDB (from the name of its three authors) is a standard reference for Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic,[1] first published in 1906. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of three letter roots.
BDB was based on the Hebrew-German lexicon of Wilhelm Gesenius, translated by Edward Robinson. The chief editor was Francis Brown, with the co-operation of Samuel Rolles Driver and Charles Augustus Briggs, hence the name Brown–Driver–Briggs. Some modern printings have added the Strong's reference numbers for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words.[citation needed]
In 2013, semitists Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to fund creation of a revised and updated electronic version of the BDB; the resulting Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon will be available through a website (Semitica Electronica) or via print-on-demand.[1]
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