How do you do a Bible search for every instance of "And" when it begins a sentence?
How do you do a Bible search for every instance of "And" when it begins a sentence?
- Choose the version you want to search in the command line
- (Set search limits if desired)
- Use the Graphical Search Engine (click on Tools in green bar below command line and select)
- When the GSE opens, double-click on the empty word box and type in "and" as the word you are searching for
- On the right side of that box, click to check "Specify position in verse" and make sure it's #1 from beginning > OK
- Run search
Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman
Professor of Biblical Studies
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
ltsg.edu - CrossMarks.com
Biblical Studies and Technological Tools
That gives me every verse that begins with "and." However, I want every SENTENCE that begins with "And."
Sometimes the "and" at the beginning of a verse is mid-sentence. I want to exclude those. Sometimes "And" at the beginning of a sentence is mid-verse. I want to include those.
Okay, I figured it out. There's a "Case-sensitive" option in GSE.
Using a "Regular Expression" on the command line works too (not available for Greek/Hebrew).
~^And on the command line will do the same thing.
(In my experience the statistics are not always accurate for Regular Expression Searches; create a Verse List from the search result and then export that back to the Search Window to display accurate statistics.)