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Heinrich Gesenius

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (1786–1842) was a German orientalist, theologian, and biblical scholar who served as...

German 19TH Century Historical Biblical

9.5 Brilliant

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Walter Bauer

Walter Bauer was a prominent German theologian and scholar of early Christianity who taught at the University of Götting...

German 20TH Century Greek Biblical

9.3 Excellent

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Charles du Fresne du Cange

Charles du Fresne du Cange (1610-1688) was a French lexicographer renowned for his *Glossarium Medii et Infantium*. This...

French Medieval Historical 17TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Jonah ibn Janah

Jonah ibn Janah was an eleventh-century Spanish Jewish rabbi, physician, and Hebrew linguist who became a leading mediev...

Medieval Grammar Hebrew 11TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Wilhelm Gesenius

Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1830) was a German scholar renowned for his meticulous work in biblical lexicography. His *Hebrew...

German 19TH Century Biblical Hebrew

9.1 Excellent

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Frédéric Godefroy

Frédéric Godefroy was a 19th-century French philologist, historian, and lexicographer born in 1826. He is best known for...

French 19TH Century Medieval Historical

9.1 Excellent

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Samuel Driver

Samuel Rolles Driver (1851–1914) was a prominent English theologian and Hebraist who spent his academic career at the Un...

British Biblical Hebrew 19TH 20TH Century

9.0 Excellent

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David Kimhi

David Kimhi, also known by the acronym Radak, was a prominent medieval French-Provençal rabbi, grammarian, and biblical...

Medieval Grammar Hebrew 12TH 13TH Century

9.0 Excellent

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Francis Brown

Francis Brown was a nineteenth-century American lexicographer specializing in Semitic languages. His most significant co...

American 19TH Century Biblical Hebrew

8.8 Great

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E.A. Sophocles

Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles (1807-1883) was a Greek-American classicist, professor, and lexicographer who taught A...

19TH Century Medieval Greek Bilingual

8.8 Great

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Al-Jawhari

Al-Jawhari (c. 1185-1256) was an influential Arabic lexicographer originating from Farab. He is primarily recognized for...

Comprehensive Medieval Historical Arabic

8.7 Great

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Samuel Rolles Driver

Samuel Rolles Driver (1835-1914) was a British scholar specializing in biblical Hebrew and Hebrew lexicography. He signi...

19TH Century British Biblical Hebrew

8.7 Great

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Charles Briggs

Charles Briggs was a nineteenth-century American scholar specializing in biblical Hebrew lexicography. His significant c...

American 19TH Century Biblical Hebrew

8.7 Great

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Menahem ben Saruq

Menahem ben Saruq was a 10th-century Spanish-Jewish philologist and poet who served in the court of Hasdai ibn Shaprut i...

Medieval Hebrew 10TH Century Biblical Hebrew

8.7 Great

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James Strong

James Strong (1822–1894) was an American biblical scholar and theologian who compiled "Strong's Concordance" in 1890. Th...

American 19TH Century Biblical Theological

8.7 Great

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Frederick William Danker

Frederick William Danker was an American Lutheran theologian and lexicographer specializing in New Testament Greek. He i...

Greek Lexicon Biblical Past

8.5 Great

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Hemachandra

Hemachandra was an Indian lexicographer active during the medieval period. He is most notably recognized for creating th...

Indian Medieval Encyclopedic Sanskrit

8.5 Great

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Az-Zamakhshari

Abbas ibn Furrukh az-Zamakshari (c. 1185–1248) was a prominent Khwarezmian scholar and lexicographer. He is best known f...

Comprehensive Medieval Arabic Persian

8.5 Great

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Nathan ben Jehiel

Nathan ben Jehiel was a Jewish scholar and lexicographer active in medieval Rome. He compiled the Arukh, a dictionary of...

Medieval Past Hebrew Aramaic

8.2 Great

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Ibn Duraid

Ibn Duraid was an Arab lexicographer during the Abbasid period. He is primarily recognized for *Jamharat al-Lugha*, a su...

Comprehensive Medieval Historical Arabic

8.2 Great