You can use Morph search to find specific morphological constructions in any morphologically-tagged resource in your Logos library.
Note: Available in a Logos Max subscription and in the former Bronze Feature Set and above.
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Running a Morph Search
To begin a Morph search:
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Click the Search icon
in the toolbar.
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Ensure that the Morph search type is selected.
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Choose the morphologically-tagged resource you wish to search by clicking the Resource Selector drop-down menu. You can search a morphologically-tagged original language resource or a reverse-interlinear enabled translation. You can also limit your search to specific fields or passages.
- Formulate your query. Logos provides several tools to help you create an effective query:
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Search Helps (in the main search pane) provide basic guidance about how to construct your search.
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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 enter your search terms in the dialog box that appears. Search Templates appear in the left Sidebar
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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.
- You can search for a particular morphological form of one or more words by typing the @ symbol immediately after the word. Logos will display a drop-down menu allowing you to select what grammatical form of the word you would like to search for. You can select as few or as many morphological categories as you want. Press Enter to execute the search.
Search Results
Logos displays your search results in the search panel. You can view your search results in three different ways.
Passages View
This view displays all of the passages (verse or chapter) containing your search results. Clicking a search result (highlighted phrase) opens it in a new window in your clicked Bible.
To view two or more versions side-by-side, click Add Versions. Choose from categories like Top Bibles, Collections, Series, or Your Morph Books, or search for individual versions using the search bar.
Aligned View
This view displays the verses containing your results and aligns them by your search terms.
Analysis View
This view displays detailed grammatical and semantic information from the original language version of your search results.
Refining Your Search
Search Fields
You can limit your search to one or more fields. Click All Morph Text to open the search field drop-down menu. Click the arrow beside Search Fields to expand the list of search field options. You can select one or more search fields.
Search Range
You can choose whether you want search results to be constrained to verse or chapter boundaries by clicking Verse.
Bible Sections
You can limit your search to specific sections of the Bible, or to a Passage List, by clicking All Passages to open the reference range drop-down menu and typing a reference or making a selection.
Using Search Operators
You can perform more complex morphological searches by using search operators. For example, use AND to find forms of two words that occur together. To learn more about search operators, see this article.
Additional Resources
- Logos Help: Morph Search
- Logos Documentation: Glossary of Morpho-Syntactic Database Terminology
- Logos Search Faithlife group