Search HELP

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!! Advanced Searching

The capabilities of the Logos 4/5 search engine have been extended with *search* types that enable powerful searches for rich new categories of biblical data. Many of these features require a current Feature Sete.g.Logos7FullFeatureSet, whilst some require a subscription toLogosNow/VerbumNow.

The capabilities of the Logos 4/5 search engine have been extended with *search* types that enable powerful searches for rich new categories of biblical data. Many of these features require a current /Feature Set/, whilst some require a subscription e.g.FaithlifeConnect.

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!!! New Datatypes

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* <Thing xxxxx>   --> biblical /things/ e.g. <Thing Aaron’s Rod>, <Thing dog>

 

A Search will also find /referents/ for <Person>, <Place> and <Thing> i.e. pronouns, verbs and some adjectives. Theresult can bemultiple words.

A Search will also find /referents/ for <Person>, <Place> and <Thing> i.e. pronouns, verbs and some adjectives. A/referent/ can coverseveral wordse.g."LordGod","kingoftheJews".

In Factbook, type something like *Jesus* and note the description alongside each suggestion, but hover over it to display the datatype \\ e.g. "Person", which governs the search(s) suggested further down the article.

 

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!!! Proximity

#. WITHIN, INTERSECTS

* x WITHIN y --> finds text/itemx that is fully contained within itemy

* x WITHIN y --> finds text/x/ that is fully contained within /y/

* x INTERSECTS y --> finds those parts of text/itemx that overlap/intersectitemy -- *v7.1+* \\ (/x WITHIN 0 WORDS y/ -- *Logos 6*)

* x INTERSECTS y --> finds those parts of text/x/ that overlap/y/ --- *v7+* \\ (x WITHIN 0 WORDS y --- *Logos 6*)

#. NOT modifier -- *v7.10+*{{$media:TOCnew.png}} \\ Acts as a logical NOT with certain operators:

#. NOT modifier --- *v7+* \\ Acts as a logical NOT with certain operators:

* x NOT WITHIN y

* x NOT INTERSECTS y

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* x NOT AFTER y

  * note that these will also be satisfied if /y/ is not present.

#. Aliases -- *v7.10+* {{$media:TOCnew.png}}\\ Whilst there are others these are least likely to be confusing:

#. Aliases --- *v7+* \\ Whilst there are others these are least likely to be confusing:

* EQUALS is the same as ANDEQUALS

* NOT EQUALS is the same as NOTEQUALS

 

Use INTERSECTS where ANDEQUALS (EQUALS) will fail because the items do not share the /exact/ same location.

Use INTERSECTS where ANDEQUALS (EQUALS) will fail because thesearchterms do not share the /exact/ same location.

If the text of anitem may not be contained /fully/ WITHIN another use INTERSECTS.

If the text ofonesearchterm may not be contained /fully/ WITHIN theother, use INTERSECTS.

Note that INTERSECTS highlights and counts the overlapping /text/.

Note that INTERSECTS highlights and counts the overlapping text.

 

For example: