Brown–Driver–Briggs

{{Short description|Reference for Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic}}

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| name = A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament

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| image = File:A Hebrew and English Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs).djvu

| caption = Impression of 1939

| author = Francis Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Augustus Briggs

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| country = England

| language = English

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| subject = Biblical Hebrew

| genre = Reference

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| pub_date = 1906

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| pages = 1185

| isbn = 1-56563-206-0

| oclc = 13518063

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| wikisource = A Hebrew and English Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

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A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, more commonly known as Brown–Driver–Briggs or BDB (from the name of its three authors) is a standard reference for Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic, first published in 1906. It is organized by (Hebrew) alphabetical order of three letter roots.

BDB was based on the Hebrew-German lexicon of Wilhelm Gesenius, translated by Edward Robinson. The chief editor was Francis Brown, with the co-operation of Samuel Rolles Driver and Charles Augustus Briggs, hence the name Brown–Driver–Briggs. Some modern printings have added the Strong's reference numbers for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic words.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

In 2013, semitists Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to fund creation of a revised and updated electronic version of the BDB; the resulting Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon will be available through a website (Semitica Electronica) or via print-on-demand.{{cite web |date=11 July 2013 |title=Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard Receive NEH Grant for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon |website=UT College of Liberal Arts |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/news/jo-ann-hackett-and-john-huehnergard-receive-neh-grant-for-biblical-hebrew-and-aramaic-lexicon }}