The NIV Complete Concordance

The complete English concordance to the New international version

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The NIV Complter Concordance is the first concordance produced by the New International Version of the Bible. A Bible concordance is a word index arranged alphabetically, to which are added a brief context and the location for every appearance of the key word. With a concordance one can find forgotten references of verses; locate specific persons, events, sayings, and teachings in Scriptre; and compare Scripture passages, thus allowing the Bible to interpret itself. The world "complete" in the title means that in this concordance every biblical reference to a particular word is included under the key entry word. There are approximately 250 000 referrences listed, covering every major word (and many minor words) of the NIV text. Over 12 800 words from th NIV text are indexed. Word entries are cross-referenced to spelling variations and variant forms. Each word is also listed under the exact NIV spelling; so it is not necassary to think of the word's dictionary form. Another feature of the concordance is the contexts in which the key words are situated.