noun
concordance
An alphabetical index of words in a text showing where they occur.
She uses a concordance to find every mention of forgiveness.
Etymology
The root concerns agreement or correspondence. A textual concordance gathers corresponding occurrences of words, allowing a reader to locate and compare their uses throughout a work.
In context
my dad handed me a Strong's concordance, you know, a couple inches thick, and said, "I want you to look up every use of the word angel in scripture
More examples
- The Bible concordance lists each verse containing the word peace.
- An online concordance helps students trace recurring words in Shakespeare's plays.
- These two concordances cover different editions of the same book.
Forms
concordance · concordances