CONCORDANCE

(Lat.) A biblicaj index, in which all the leading words used in scripture are arranged alphabetically, and a reference ma(ie to the various places in which they occur, for the purpose of enabling the student to collate with facility one pa age with another in the view of determining its meaning. The importance of this cla of works was early appreciated, and a vast deal of labour has been expended in compiling them. Concordances have been made of the Greek Septuagint, the Greek Testament, the Latin Vulgate, and the English Old and New Testaments; a full list of which will be found in Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica, and in Orme^'s Biblio. Biblica. The first Concordance was compiled by Cardinal Hugues de St. Cher, who died in 12G2. The best English Concordance is that of Cruden, which appeared in 1737, and still maintains its ground as an authority. [s. 281]