Concordance

a finding list of passages in an important work or series of writings. The principal words are arranged alphabetically. Under each, the various phrases are cited in which the word occurs. Perhaps the most celebrated is the concordance to the Holy Scriptures by Alexander Cruden, published in 1737. If we want to find an account of the destruction of the temple by Samson, we turn to posts and find the following: Judges xvi: 3, Samson took the two p. Turning to the third verse of the sixteenth chapter of Judges, we find the desired passage. Numerous concordances to Shakespeare's works have appeared. The best is that by John Bartlett, published in New York in 1894. The alphabetical index placed usually at the end of an author's work, is a brief concordance.