Clause Search

Clause search allows you to search every sentence clause in the Bible for terms acting in specific grammatical or semantic roles.

Note: Available in packages Bronze and above.

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Running a Clause Search

Search Results

Refining Your Search

What To Do if Required Bibles Are Not Downloaded

Running a Clause Search

To begin a Clause search:

Click the Search icon in the toolbar (in Logos 9 this was to the left of the command box).
Ensure that the Clause search type is selected. (Other search types available depend on your base package.)
Select the resource you want to search

Note: although you can search entirely in English, your search results will be based on the grammatical and semantic relations in the original language version.

Note: If you don't have the required resources downloaded, the software will display an error message. To fix this, follow the instructions in the section on what to do if the required Bibles are not downloaded.
Clause search queries are composed of fields (a grammatical or semantic category) and terms (e.g. a noun). Pay close attention to the suggestions Logos provides as you type; these may help you build a more precise search query. (In some cases you must select a suggestion in order to disambiguate your search term.) Logos provides several tools to help you formulate an effective query:

Search Helps (in the main search pane) provide basic guidance about how to construct your search.
Search Suggestions: As you type, Logos will populate a list of suggestions to help you refine your search. For best results, select one of these. Otherwise, finish typing your search query and press Enter.

Search Results

Logos can display your search results in two ways:

Verses View

The Verses view displays your search results in the version you searched. Clicking a search result (highlighted phrase) opens it in a new window in the clicked Bible.

Analysis View

The Analysis view displays detailed grammatical and semantic information from the original language version of your search results.

Refining Your Search

Bible Sections

You can limit your search to specific sections of the Bible, or to a Passage List, by clicking All Passages and typing a reference or by selecting a suggested section or range of verses from the drop-down menu.

Using Search Operators

You can use operators to create more advanced searches. For example, if you'd like to find a media item that contains specific elements, try field:term1 OR field:term2. Your search results will display items that match either of your search terms.

List of Clause Search Fields

You can find a complete list of search fields in Logos Help: Search Fields.

What To Do if Required Bibles Are Not Downloaded

To run a Clause Search on:

the Greek New Testament you need the Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
the Hebrew Old Testament you need the Lexham Hebrew Bible
the Greek Septuagint you need the LXX Swete resource

To download a required Bible, open the Library, locate it, right-click it, and select Download:

Use the filter sblgnt for the Greek New Testament
Use the filter lhb for the Hebrew Old Testament
Use the filter "lxx swete" for the Septuagint

Note: If you don't see the required resource in your Library, you will need to purchase it before you can use it.

After requesting the download you will see a couple of Library update messages - this should take just a few seconds. After that, the resources will be available to use.

Note: If you have a Clause Search window open, you will need to close it and open another one before the downloaded resources are recognized.

Additional Resources

Logos Help: Clause Search

Logos Documentation: Hebrew and Greek Clauses: Dataset Documentation

Logos Documentation: Semantic Roles and Case Frames: Dataset Documentation

Logos Documentation: Lexham Glossary of Semantic Roles.

Logos Documentation: Bible Sense Lexicon: Dataset Documentation

Faithlife Groups: Hebrew and Greek Clauses Dataset Group

Logos Search Faithlife group

Searching

To begin a Clause search:

Click the Search icon in the Go box.
Ensure that the Clause search type is selected. (Other search types available depend on your base package.)
To begin, select the part of the Bible you want to search by clicking the Search Resource drop-down menu and selecting one of the options.
Next, select the resource you want to search.

Note: although you can search entirely in English, your search results will be based on the grammatical and semantic relations in the original language version.
Clause search queries are composed of fields (a grammatical or semantic category) and terms (e.g. a noun). Pay close attention to the suggestions Logos provides as you type; these may help you build a more precise search query. (In some cases you must select a suggestion in order to disambiguate your search term.) Logos provides several tools to help you formulate an effective query:

Search Helps (in the main search pane) provide basic guidance about how to construct your search.
Search Templates allow you to build a more complex search without having to use search syntax. Instead, select the kind of search you want to make, then entering your search terms in the dialog box that appears. Search Templates appear in the left navigation menu, which can be toggled on/off using the navigation menu icon .
Search Suggestions: As you type, Logos will populate a list of suggestions to help you refine your search. For best results, select one of these. Otherwise, finish typing your search query and press Enter.