A trio of eminent Old Testament scholarsFrancis Brown R. Driver and Charles Briggsspent over twenty years researching writing and preparing The BrownDriverBriggs Hebrew and English Lexicon. Since it first appeared in the early part of the twentieth century BDB has been considered the finest and most comprehensive Hebrew lexicon available to the Englishspeaking student. Based upon the classic work of Wilhelm Gesenius the father of modern Hebrew lexicography BDB gives not only dictionary definitions for each word but relates each word to its Old Testament usage and categorizes its nuances of meaning. BDBs exhaustive coverage of Old Testament Hebrew words as well as its unparalleled usage of cognate languages and the wealth of background sources consulted and quoted render BDB and invaluable resource for all students of the Bible. show more