James Strong (1822-1894)

James Strong (August 14, 1822 – August 7, 1894) was an American Methodist biblical scholar and educator, and the creator of Strong's Concordance. He was born in New York City; was Professor of Biblical Literature at Troy University in 1858-61, became Professor of Exegetical Theology at Drew Theological Seminary in 1868 and died at Round Lake, New York. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2264x4728, 1050 KB) Permission PD (This summary was created using Commons SumItUp) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Strongs Concordance James Strong (theologian) ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2264x4728, 1050 KB) Permission PD (This summary was created using Commons SumItUp) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Strongs Concordance James Strong (theologian) ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Strongs Concordance is a concordance of the King James Bible (KJV) that was constructed under the direction of Dr. James Strong (1822-1894). ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Troy Worldwide Logo Troy University (formerly Troy State University) is a public university located in Troy, Alabama and founded in 1887. ... John Edward Robinson (1874) - a Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church Herbert George Welch (1890) - a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church Fred Pierce Corson (B.D., 1920) - a Bishop of The Methodist Church Emerson Stephen Colaw (B.D., 1947) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church Categories: | | | | | ... Round Lake is a village located in Saratoga County, New York. ... NY redirects here. ...

His best known work is Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, first published in 1890, of which new editions are still in print as of 2006. Adaptations (e.g. Strongest Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: 21st Century Edition) are also now available. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

For the concordance, Strong numbered every Hebrew or Greek root word which was found, for ease of reference. This numbering system (8674 Hebrew roots and 5523 Greek roots) is now used in works by many other writers and is widely available on the web[1] where it is used in conjunction with Wigram's Englishman's Concordances and Thayer's Lexicon.

Another major contribution was to the majesterial "Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature" (10 vols., 1867-81 ; supplement, 2 vols., 1885-7). Work on this project, having begun in 1853, Strong played second fiddle to Dr.John McClintock and did so for the preparation of the first few volumes. However, with Dr. McClintock's death in 1870, Strong take sole charge of the project to see it to its completion. John McClintock (October 27, 1814 - March 4, 1870), American Methodist Episcopal theologian and educationalist, was born in Philadelphia. ...

Amongst others, some of his lesser works are "A New Harmony and Exposition of the Gospels" (1852); "Scripture History delineated from the Biblical Records and all other Accessible Sources" (1878) and "The Tabernacle of Israel in the Desert" (1888).

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• A partial biography, up to c.1888 (before publication of the concordance)