1.   Holy Bible, The New King James Version. The Open Bible, Expanded Edition (Nashville, Camden, New York: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985).

2.   Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2005).

3.   Gower, Ralph, The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times (Chicago: Moody Press, 1987). 

4.   Richards, Lawrence O., Expository Dictionary of Bible Words (Michigan: Marshall Pickering, 1990).

5.   The Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament, ed. S. Zodhiates (Tennessee: AMG International, 1994).

6.   The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament, ed. S. Zodhiates (Tennessee: AMG International, 1992).

7.   Vine, W.E., Unger, Merrill F. and White Jr., William, Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Nashville, Atlanta, London and Vancouver: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985).