Here are some fundamental rules for studying words:
1. The exegete must initially pursue the meaning intended by the author for his original audience.
2. To establish the precise meaning of a word, one must recognize its possible range of meanings.
3. Words operate in a context and receive meaning from that context.
—Darrell L. Bock, “Lexical Analysis: Studies in Words,” in Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (eds. Darrell L. Bock and Buist M. Fanning; Crossway: Wheaton, 2006), 137-138.
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