The Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (or BDB, ISBN 1-56563-206-0) is a standard reference for Biblical Hebrew. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of three letter roots. It is 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. Hendrickson Publishers added the well-known Strong's numbers for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words. Categories: Language stubs | Judaism-related stubs | Canaanite languages | Hebrew language ... Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (February 3, 1786 - October 23, 1842), was a German orientalist and Biblical critic. ... For the American screen actor see Edward G. Robinson Edward Robinson was the recipient of a Victoria Cross Categories: Stub | Victoria Cross recipients ... Francis Brown (December 26, 1849 - ), American Semitic scholar, was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. ... Samuel Rolles Driver (October 2, 1846 - 1914), English divine and Hebrew scholar, was born at Southampton. ... Charles Augustus Briggs (January 15, 1841 - 1913), American Hebrew scholar and theologian, was born in New York City. ... James Strong (1822-1894) James Strong (August 14, 1822 – August 7, 1894) was an American Methodist biblical scholar and educator, and the creator of Strongs Concordance. ...