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Cruden's Unabridged Concordance to the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha
Bible students have enjoyed Cruden s easy-to-use format and portable size for over 250 years. Available in both cloth and soft cover editions, this valuable reference is handy for fast word studies or just for finding a favorite passage. It is ideal for busy Bible students, teachers, and pastors who need a convenient and portable concordance.
"Cruden's Complete Concordance" enables the reader to quickly locate all of the occurrences of any given word in the Bible.
Includes an alphabetical listing of every word in the King James Version, along with over 200,000 chapter and verse references
A complete concordance to proper names in Scripture
Handy for word studies or just for tracking down a favorite passage
Special features
Cruden's original notes and comments on Bible places, names, and types
Names and titles given to Jesus Christ
Titles and description applied to the Church"
"Cruden's Complete Concordance" enables the reader to quickly locate all of the occurrences of any given word in the Bible.
Includes an alphabetical listing of every word in the King James Version, along with over 200,000 chapter and verse references
A complete concordance to proper names in Scripture
Handy for word studies or just for tracking down a favorite passage
Special features
Cruden's original notes and comments on Bible places, names, and types
Names and titles given to Jesus Christ
Titles and description applied to the Church"
719 pages, hard
First published January 1, 1737
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About the author
Alexander Cruden
220 books1 followerAlexander Cruden (31 May 1699 – 1 November 1770) was the Scottish author of an early concordance to the Bible, a proofreader and publisher, and self-styled Corrector of the nation's morals.
Alexander Cruden was born in Aberdeen in Scotland (baptised on 8 June 1699, St. Nicholas Kirk, Aberdeen, according to recent research) and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, and became an excellent Latin, Greek and Biblical scholar.
He took the degree of master of arts, but soon after began to show signs of insanity owing to a disappointment in love. After a term of confinement he recovered and removed to London. In 1722 he had an engagement as private tutor to the son of a country squire living at Eton Hall, Southgate, and also held a similar post at Ware.
In 1729 he was employed by the 10th Earl of Derby as a reader and secretary, but was discharged on the 7th of July for his ignorance of French pronunciation. He then lodged in a house in Soho frequented exclusively by Frenchmen, and took lessons in the language in the hope of getting back his post with the earl, but when he went to Knowsley Hall in Lancashire, the earl would not see him.
After his University education, Cruden was set to enter the church until his mental health was called into question and he was institutionalised. This was the first of several stays in mental hospitals throughout his life.
Cruden's frequent institutionalisation is a matter of academic debate. Traditionally, Cruden's apparent madness has been interpreted as the other side of his focused brilliance. However Julia Keay argued that he was not mad, but he was initially put away to silence his criticisms of incestuous marriages among the nobility, and later by women who rejected his unwanted affections;he paid unwelcome addresses to a widow which resulted in an enforced stay in Matthew Wright's Private Madhouse in Bethnal Green, London.
In September 1753, through being involved in a street brawl, he was confined in an asylum in Chelsea for seventeen days at the insistence of his sister (Mrs. Isobella Wild of Middle Green Langley). He brought an unsuccessful action against his friends, and seriously proposed that they should go into confinement as an atonement.
In April 1755 he printed a letter to The Speaker and other Members of the House of Commons, and about the same time an Address to the King and Parliament.. Also in 1755 he paid unwelcome addresses to the daughter of Sir Thomas Abney, of Newington (1640–1722).
Cruden was never married.
Cruden died suddenly while praying in his lodgings in Camden Passage, Islington, on 1 November 1770. He was buried in the ground of a Protestant dissenting congregation in Dead Man's Place, Southwark. He bequeathed a portion of his savings for a bursary at Aberdeen, which preserves his name on the list of benefactors of the university.
Alexander Cruden was born in Aberdeen in Scotland (baptised on 8 June 1699, St. Nicholas Kirk, Aberdeen, according to recent research) and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, and became an excellent Latin, Greek and Biblical scholar.
He took the degree of master of arts, but soon after began to show signs of insanity owing to a disappointment in love. After a term of confinement he recovered and removed to London. In 1722 he had an engagement as private tutor to the son of a country squire living at Eton Hall, Southgate, and also held a similar post at Ware.
In 1729 he was employed by the 10th Earl of Derby as a reader and secretary, but was discharged on the 7th of July for his ignorance of French pronunciation. He then lodged in a house in Soho frequented exclusively by Frenchmen, and took lessons in the language in the hope of getting back his post with the earl, but when he went to Knowsley Hall in Lancashire, the earl would not see him.
After his University education, Cruden was set to enter the church until his mental health was called into question and he was institutionalised. This was the first of several stays in mental hospitals throughout his life.
Cruden's frequent institutionalisation is a matter of academic debate. Traditionally, Cruden's apparent madness has been interpreted as the other side of his focused brilliance. However Julia Keay argued that he was not mad, but he was initially put away to silence his criticisms of incestuous marriages among the nobility, and later by women who rejected his unwanted affections;he paid unwelcome addresses to a widow which resulted in an enforced stay in Matthew Wright's Private Madhouse in Bethnal Green, London.
In September 1753, through being involved in a street brawl, he was confined in an asylum in Chelsea for seventeen days at the insistence of his sister (Mrs. Isobella Wild of Middle Green Langley). He brought an unsuccessful action against his friends, and seriously proposed that they should go into confinement as an atonement.
In April 1755 he printed a letter to The Speaker and other Members of the House of Commons, and about the same time an Address to the King and Parliament.. Also in 1755 he paid unwelcome addresses to the daughter of Sir Thomas Abney, of Newington (1640–1722).
Cruden was never married.
Cruden died suddenly while praying in his lodgings in Camden Passage, Islington, on 1 November 1770. He was buried in the ground of a Protestant dissenting congregation in Dead Man's Place, Southwark. He bequeathed a portion of his savings for a bursary at Aberdeen, which preserves his name on the list of benefactors of the university.
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November 18, 2009
I bought this several years ago, and have barely used it, not because it is a bad book but because of the wealth of searchable references online, such as on crosswalk.com
If our technology infrastructure and entire civilization ever collapses, I'll be glad I have this in my library :-)
If our technology infrastructure and entire civilization ever collapses, I'll be glad I have this in my library :-)
April 1, 2019
Another book that I received as a gift in 1983. It has proven to be one the most important resources I have in my library to assist with the study of God's word. Another book that every Bible student should own.
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September 16, 2007Lot's of info, but have a magnifing glass handy.
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July 14, 2021printed 1841, received from Grandma Jesse after her son Jon Holdaway purchased it in Englan while serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints there
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Cruden's Complete Concordance by Alexander Cruden (1968)
March 28, 2009
Incredibly tiny type makes this hard to read. The story behind the author is interesting.
April 20, 2017
In an age when everything is available on the internet this may not be quite as indispensable as it once was but I still find it supremely useful. It's basically a dictionary that gives you bible references instead of descriptions for all the terms. I still find this quicker than an out and out internet search. Say I want to know all the times Frogs crop up in bible verses - I thumb through to F - Frogs, and get a list of all the instances the word frogs appears - then I can either google the references or sit there thumb through my bible.
For a budding writer needing quotes this is an absolute must have. The two niggles are 1) the print is very small indeed and 2) it only offers the reference and a partial quote so you do need to then look it up, but if it had the verse in full you'd be looking at a book 10 times the size with even smaller print!
This along with the Oxford Companion to the Bible saw me through my dissertation and remain among the most thumbed of my reference books
For a budding writer needing quotes this is an absolute must have. The two niggles are 1) the print is very small indeed and 2) it only offers the reference and a partial quote so you do need to then look it up, but if it had the verse in full you'd be looking at a book 10 times the size with even smaller print!
This along with the Oxford Companion to the Bible saw me through my dissertation and remain among the most thumbed of my reference books
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